EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH - 2020/1

Module Overview

This module enables participants to interrogate and evaluate higher education research that they have encountered in previous modules. This module tries to disrupt their beliefs with respect to educational research within and across disciplines. In particular, students are encouraged to assess the validity of findings for a particular research area through the lens of various epistemological, theoretical and methodological perspectives. This module is a good complement to the “Researching in Higher Education” and “Research Dissertation” modules. Students will work collaboratively sharing their evaluation of research and reflecting on viewing research through different lens.

Module provider

Surrey Institute of Education

Module Leader

HOSEIN Anesa (Sy Inst Educ)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

Not applicable

Module content

Indicative content includes:

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          Epistemological perspectives: e.g. normative, interpretive and critical theory paradigms


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          Methodological approaches: e.g. ethnography, experiments, longitudinal surveys, mixed methods, phenomenology


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          Theoretical approaches: e.g. constructivism, behaviourism, socio-culturalism, cognitivism


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          Disciplinary perspectives: e.g. sciences, arts, humanities, medical sciences

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

Module aims

• Disrupts participants' beliefs in accepting educational research
• Encourage participants to question higher education research or practices using different perspectives
• Encourage an evidence-based culture amongst the participants

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to provide students with a safe environment to work collaboratively and critique both experts’ and novices’ work. The strategy aligns with the programme strategy as it allows students to respect disciplinary research approaches but also question how these differing approaches shape and transform higher education. 

The learning and teaching methods include:

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          Formal Online Interactions:

o   Pre-entry and Mid-Semester Questionnaires (1 hour)

o   Synchronous/Asynchronous Seminar Discussions (1 hour x 10 weeks)

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          Guided Study/ Recorded Lectures (2 hours x 3 weeks)

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: GCAM007

Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.