Course Description

The subject is designed to introduce participants to the theoretical foundations of educational inquiry. It aims to help participants:

1. understand what educational research is;
2. read, interpret, and reflect critically on research;
3. understand the process of conceiving research, and translating that conception into a research design, and
4. differentiate among alternative modes of educational research.

The main topics include the nature of educational inquiry, major modes of educational research, research design, and the ethics of educational research.