Educ 5470 Research In Education

EDUC 5470: Research in Education

Course Description:

This course will introduce important challenges in teaching and learning and discuss current research on these topics. Models of practitioner research and modes of inquiry appropriate to applied research will be analyzed to provide insights into the uses and limitations of these approaches and tools. Human subject rules and regulations and the ethics of school-based research will be discussed. Students will identify a topic for investigation and develop an applied research proposal. The proposal will frame the question, discuss the rationale for the question, include a review of the literature on the topic, and describe the planned data collection and analysis activities.

Required Textbook and Materials:

The main required textbooks for this course are listed below and can be readily accessed using the provided links. There may be additional required/recommended readings, supplemental materials, or other resources and websites necessary for lessons; these will be provided for you in the course’s General Information and Forums area, and throughout the term via the weekly course Unit areas and the Learning Guides.

Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries. (n.d.). Choosing & using sources: A guide to academic research. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Retrieved from https://osu.pb.unizin.org/choosingsources/
Full PDF is available on the course home page under Textbooks
Software Requirements/Installation: No special requirements.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Analyze the ethics of school-based research in relation to human subject rules and regulations.
2. Develop an applied research proposal based on an identified topic for investigation.
3. Examine and critique educational research to better understand its issues and complexities.
4. Apply the scientific method to develop a proposal based on a research question.
5. Consider the importance of applied research to the classroom setting.

Course Schedule and Topics:

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week.

Week 1: Unit 1 – Introduction to Applied Research

Week 2: Unit 2 – The Annotated Bibliography

Week 3: Unit 3 – Literature Review

Week 4: Unit 4 – Data Collection

Week 5: Unit 5 – Ethics in Research

Week 6: Unit 6 – Data Collection Evaluation and Analysis

Week 7: Unit 7 – Applied Research Proposal

Week 8: Unit 8 – Bringing It All Together