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January 2014 Professor Karin Sporre

Researching aspects of education in times when diversity, democratization and difference matters. January 2014 Professor Karin Sporre. Overview :. Research designs The FU course : Stages in the research process, II A few words on designs

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January 2014 Professor Karin Sporre

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  1. Researching aspects of education in times when diversity, democratization and difference matters January 2014 Professor Karin Sporre

  2. Overview: Research designs • The FU course: Stages in the research process, II • A fewwords on designs Diversity, Democratization and Difference • As ”timely” or topicalissues • As ”educational” issues

  3. Overall AimofStages in the research process: “The course is concerned with the promotion of participants’ research process from the initial formulation of the research problem to the final thesis. The main focus of the course is the development of the participants’ skills in problem seeking, problem definition and delimiting research. The aim is to encourage a contextual and reflexive understanding of the parts of the research process through assignments in research design, academic writing, collection of empirical data, presentation of results, analysis and interpretation. The aim includes encouraging a critical stance to the different parts of the research process, irrespective of the final format of the thesis.”

  4. Specificaim, part II: “The second part offers the participants the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of research design in relation to theoretical frames and methodological considerations.”

  5. Research designs: • Quantitative • Qualitative • Mixed Methods John W. Creswell (2009): Research design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed MethodsApproaches.

  6. Definitions of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Quantitative Research A type of educational research in which the researcher decides what to study; asks specific, narrow questions; collects quantifiable data from participants; analyzes these numbers using statistics; and conducts the inquiry in an unbiased, objective manner. Qualitative Research A type of educational research in which the researcher relies on the views of participants; asks broad, general questions; collects data consisting largely of words (or text) from participants; describes and analyzes these words for themes; and conducts the inquiry in a subjective, biased manner. John W. Creswell Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, third edition

  7. Relating Research Designs to Quantitative and Qualitative Research and Steps in the Research Process Two Approaches Steps in the Research Process Research Designs Quantitative Qualitative Identify a Problem Quantitative Qualitative Review the Literature Quantitative Qualitative Specify a Purpose Quantitative Qualitative Collect Data Quantitative Qualitative Analyze and Interpret Data Quantitative Qualitative Report and Evaluate John W. Creswell Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, third edition

  8. Diversity, Democratization and Difference - ”timely” or topical … • Diversity – Yaonde, Camerun, 1994 • Democratization – Demokratiutredningen 2000 • Difference – Feminist theoryof the 1980s & 1990s

  9. Diversity, Democratization and Difference– as ”educational” issues: The widefieldofeducation: Wheretostudy: National systems; schools/other institutions; class-rooms/other ”rooms”; … Whattostudy: Policy texts, class-roompractices (teaching & learning), leadership, educational materials, people’sexperiences, newspapers/media, values … What kind of studies: Historic, ethnographic, psychological, (subject) didactical, linguistic, hermeneutic, policy, discourse … Howtostudy: Quantitative, Qualitative, & Mixed Methods

  10. … & education • Diversity, Yaonde, Camerun, 1994; Political, (global) changeslike migrations; identitypolitics • Democratization ;E.g.Demokratiutredningen 2000 vs. South Africanconstitutionalwork 1994- Political, ideologicalchangeswithin a country • Difference ; Feminist theory, 1980s & 1990s Shiftingtheoretical trends in the academy.

  11. The critical task ofdesigning an educationalstudy: • In a contemporarypolitical, global & national setting • Wherecontemporaryacademictheoretical and methodological trends form presuppositions or challenges • Where a methodneedsto be foundthatadequatelyaddresses the problem youhavefoundto be interesting – given yourbackground, interest as a resource (or yoursupervisor’swhen in a specificproject)

  12. Researching aspects of education in times when diversity, democratization and difference matters Welcometothisweek, by Umeå SchoolofEducation!

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