Module 2 – Research Practice

You may use this course to support an existing project, or consult your tutor to start a new one.

Compatible to Level 6-7.

Focus: Understanding research as a practice, and planning real projects.

• • Research and non-research

  • Research questions, Assumption and hypotheses

  • Research philosophy and methodology (Ethics, Epistemology and Metaphysics as they relate to research.) Distinguishing research philosophy from methods.

  • Logic for research arguments (categorical and propositional)

  • Research tools (locating literature, organising references, gathering and analysing data (appropriate to level).

  • Literature review (Identifying gaps, tensions and lines of debate.)

  • Planning a research project

  • Writing a proposal (Turning your ideas into a formal research proposal, Clarifying background, research questions, methods and expected outcomes.

  • Descriptive and experimental research

  • Qualitative and quantitative methods

  • Mixed methods

  • Planning and preparing a final research report

  • Dissertation outlines