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refers to the way that people and their behavior are studied. It aims to build and test theory about empirical data

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science

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the scientific study of people, their interactions, and their contexts. It aims to build theories about data on people, their behavior and their contexts.

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Social science

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using social science research approaches to study educational
processes, relations and settings

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Education and the social sciences

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Theoretical underpinnings in educational research

the belief that objective accounts of the world can be given, and that function of
science is to develop explanations in the form of universal laws, that is, to develop nomothetic
knowledge

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Positivism

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– concentrates on the meanings people
bring to situations and behavior, and which they use to
understand their world

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Interpretivism

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realities are local, specific and constructed; they are socially and
experientially based, and depend on the individuals or groups holding them

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Constructivism

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2 ways to plan a research project

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Paradigm-driven approach
Question-driven approach

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– one way is to begin with a paradigm, understand and articulate it, and develop research questions and methods from it.

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Paradigm-driven approach

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the other
way is to begin with a research questions
that need answers and then to choose
methods for answering them

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Question-driven approach

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the questions may come from any
source – the literature, existing from
phenomenon, the media, personal experience
and so on.

  • empirical research
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Question-driven approach

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Researching in your own classroom, school or college

Advantages

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  1. Convenience
  2. Access and consent
  3. Relevance
  4. Insider knowledge and understanding
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Researching in your own classroom, school or college

Disadvantages

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  1. Bias and Subjectivity
  2. Vested interest in the results
  3. Generalizability
  4. Ethics
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provide the backbone of the empirical
procedures and the organizing principle for the report.

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Research questions

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5 Hierarchy of Concepts

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  1. Statement or research area
  2. Definition of research topic
  3. General research questions
  4. Specific research questions
  5. Data collection questions
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❑ Usually stated in a few words or sometimes
just one word

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RESEARCH AREA

❑ Example: Absenteeism from school
❑ youth culture in high schools
❑ living with HIV-AIDS academic success and
failure at university
❑ Youth suicide

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few words but usually describe more
about the research area.

❑ It falls within the area. It is an aspect or
part of an area but not the only topic
within the area.

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RESEARCH TOPIC

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-More abstract
-usually not answerable
-too broad
-requires ‘unpacking’ into specific questions using “indicators”
-answered indirectly

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GENERAL QUESTIONS

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-specific
-detailed
-concrete
-directly answerable
-direct empirical procedures

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specific questions

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The role of research questions

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  1. organize project and give direction and coherence
  2. delimits project
  3. keep focused
  4. framework for writing
  5. point to the needed data
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The Role of the literature

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  1. the literature itself becomes an input to
    the analysis and planning
  2. can be a fruitful source of
    concepts, theories and evidence about a
    topic but it can also influence how we
    look at the topic
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they can be easily understood and are not ambiguous

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clear

22
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– their concepts are at a specific enough level to connect
to data indicators

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specific

23
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– in the sense that they are answerable with data – we can see what data are required to answer them, and how the data
will be obtained

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empirical

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they are related to each other in some
meaningful way, rather than being unconnected

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interconnected

25
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they are interesting and worthwhile
questions for the investment of research effort

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Substantively relevant

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It is a representation, either graphically or in narrative form of the main concepts or
variables, and their presumed relationship
with each other.

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conceptual frameworks

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❑ It is often shown as a diagram
❑ Development of research questions and
conceptual framework goes hand in hand

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conceptual framework

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benefits of conceptual framework

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  1. clarity of research questions with focus
  2. make explicit what we know and think about research area andtopic
  3. make research proposal simple and convincing
  4. encourages selection,
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Characteristics of Related Literature Material

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  1. articles must be recent as possible
  2. objective and unbiased
  3. relevant
  4. based on original and true facts or data

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