EDU 702

COURSE SYLLABUS (EDU702) 

Course Information 

Course:  Research Methodology

Semester:  July – October   Year: 2010  Phone: 0163434535, 0182167978, 03 55227406 

Core Person/Instructor:  Associate Professor Dr. Izaham Shah Ismail

Office Hours  SMS to check availability 

Texts  Fraenkel, J.R & Wallen, N.E. (2010). How to Design and Evaluate 

Research in Education. New York: MaGraw Hill Inc. 

Course Description

This course introduces learners to the basics of educational research. The course focuses on 

the concepts and philosophies underlying academic research in the field of education. It aims at developing students’ understanding of research methodology with emphasis to aspects such as the identification of the research problem and the formulation of research objectives and research questions. It also involves aspects such as research strategies, research design, data collection and data interpretation techniques. Upon completion of this course, students are required to have the ability to define a research problem and prepare a research proposal. 

This course is compulsory for all students who intend to undertake a post graduate degree at the Master’s level. The learners are expected to do a lot of independent and critical reading of 

research journals and conducting research.  

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of EDU 702 a student will be able to: 

• Demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of the concepts and philosophies underlining educational research  

• Make a clear statement of a research issue and justify a research approach, methodology, data collection and analysis techniques appropriate for the specific 

research issue 

• Design and develop a research proposal that addresses an appropriate research problem with related literature review and appropriate research methodology  

• Evaluate and critically review educational research articles and papers.

E-Tutorial: Research Methodology

DOCUMENTS

• Syllabus Full Time
• Assignments
• Sample Research Proposal Content
• Topic to Research Question
• Problem Statement
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e-Portfolio Tools

• Posterous
• Mediafire
• Fileden
• Blogger
• Word Press
• Wikispaces
• Google Wave
• Google Docs
• Research Tools : SPSS
• Rubric maker

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Recapping Research Methodology class:
For Eportfolio: 

- Lecture Notes (weekly)
-Reflections (a) Proposal (b) Weekly
- Brainstorming
- Summary (a) Article (b) Wikis
- Proposal ( 1st Draft, 2nd Draft, Final Draft)
*Option: Link to (a) Google Docs (b) blogs *others? (c) C.O. *I.P.P,Link to docs* 

Proposal Presentation: 7 Slides only
- Title
- Problem Sttment
-Research Purpose
- Research Question 
- Research Methodology (a) Qualitative? (b) Quantitative? (c) Ethno?
- Sample
- How I analyse the data?

* Other stuff Dr.I lectured about about research questions & literature review (using his PPT notes)