Pedagogical reserach
Research Proposal
Relevance
Context
Approach
Feasibility
Section:
A) Title page
B) introduction
C) Literature review
D) Research design
F) Reference list
The proposed Title of your project
Your name
Your supervisor's name
The institution and department
How much is already known?
For whom is this interesting?
What are the key research questions?
You are explaining how your project will contribute to conversation on the topic
to prepare solid foundation in existing knowledge or theory
Should describe the overall approach and practical steps you will take to answer your research questions.
Describe:
A) Research type
quantitative
qualitative
primary
secondary
B] Sources
Who or what will you actually study?
C) Research methods
What tools and procedures will you use?
Practicalities
any foreseeable obstacles in terms of timescale or resources required?
E) Implications
Confirming or developing a theory
Challenging current assumptions
Creating a basis for further research
You can explore the potential implications of the research for theory and practice
And ephasize what you aim to contribute to exsiting knowledge on the topic
For every source you used
Scribbr website
you are expected to collect data which will be expressed in numbers and graphs.
Testing hypotheses.
It requires larger sample size
These numbers are then analysed through math and statistical analysis.
allows you to formulate a hypothesis
you are expected to yield data that's expressed in words.
It requires fewer respondents.
Data is then analyzed by summarizing, categorizing and interpreting.
If your goal is to confirm or test a theory or hypothesis
you are going to opt for the quantitative approach
If you want to understand or explore an idea
you go for qualitative approach
mixed method (qualitative + quantitative approaches)
An example of a Research
quantitative
qualitative
Research question:
How satisfied are students with their studies?
survey 300 university students
ask them ''on a scale of 5 how satisfied are you with your professors?''
With the collected data, I can run statistical analysis
and draw conclusions
''on average students rate their professors 4.4 out of 5.''
conduct interviews with 15 students
asking open-ended questions
How satisfied are you with your studies?
What can be done to improve the study program?
Then, transcriptions of interviews are done and we are looking for patterns or recurring themes
(2:14)
Students would like to have more 1-on-1 guidance from their professors
Mixed-methods approach
1.Qualitative - 2. Quantitative
first conduct interviews with the students (Qual)
- Quantitative - 2. Qualitative
start off with a survey to see the bigger picture (Quan)
through that you gain new insights and come up with hypothesis (Qual)
Through interview you found out that
Students prefer individual assignments over group projects (recurring pattern)
Then you test whether this applies to a large scale of students using survey research (Quan)
then use interviews to understand the reason behind it (Qual)
Collecting data
Surveys
conduct experiments
online, in person, on the phone
observations
Collecting data
do an interview
get a focus group
do a case study
literature review
My miniresearch
- Quantitative + 2. Qualitative
Which book genres do you like most and why?
among librarians
- I find out the most favourite book genre 2. Then, I find the reason behind it.
Data
- Statistical analysis
Pie to show represented book genre among librarian
- I'll pick the most favourite book genre from the pie and I'll look for patterns in open-ended question