A Practical Guide to Teaching Research Methods in Education: Lesson Plans and Advice from Faculty

ISBN-13: 9781032186757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 256 str.

Terosky, Aimee Lapointe

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A Practical Guide to Teaching Research Methods in Education brings together more than 60 faculty experts. The contributors share detailed lesson plans about selected research concepts or skills in education and related disciplines, as well as discussions of the intellectual preparation needed to effectively teach the lesson.

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Section I: Topics, Problems, and Research Questions;  1. Introduction to Section I: Research Topics, Problems, and Questions  2. From Personal Passion to Hot Topics: Selecting a Topic to Research  3. Articulating a Research Problem and its Rationale: Using Graphical Depictions, Exemplars, and Students’ Own Work  4. Branch out: Using Tree Diagrams to Select and Develop Research Questions;  Section II: Literature Review and Theoretical/Conceptual Framework  5. Introduction to Section II: Literature Review and Theoretical/Conceptual Framework  6. Connecting Pieces to the Puzzle: Finding and Maintaining Resources  7. The Candy Sort: Organizing the Literature Review  8. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks: Understanding the Role of Theory in Congruent Research Designs;  Section III: Research Design  9. Introduction to Section III: Research Design  10. Visualize Your Research Design: Moving from Research Questions to Research Design  11. Let’s Road Trip: Aligning Theoretical Frameworks, Research Questions & Research Design  12. The Self and Research: Positionality through Artifacts  13. Trustworthiness and Ethics in Research: Using Reflexivity to See the Self in Ethical Research;  Section IV: Quantitative Methods  14. Introduction to Section IV: Quantitative Methods  15. Making Sense of Multivariate Analysis: Real World Applications  16. Linear regression: A Student-driven Application of Team-based Learning  17. Hands-on Application of Exploratory Factor Analysis in Educational Research  18. Trending Topic: Teaching Difference-in-differences in a Quasi-experimental Methods Course;  Section V: Qualitative Methods  19. Introduction to Section V: Qualitative Methods  20. Listening Deeply: Preparing to Facilitate Interviews and Focus Groups  21. Write What You See, Not What You Know: Learning the Method of Observation Through the Visual Arts  22. On the Recovery of Black Life: A Holistic Approach to Document Analysis  23. Emerging Approaches: Ensuring a Pyramid of Congruence when using Critical and Poststructural Theories in Qualitative Educational Research  24. Exploring How Epistemologies Guide the Process of Coding Data and Developing Themes;  Section VI: Mixed Methods  25. Introduction to Section VI: Mixed Methods  26. Low Hanging Fruit, Ripe for Inquiry: Considering the Quantitative Dimensions of Mixed Methods Research  27. Creating your Masterpiece: Applying Brush Strokes to Qualitative Exploration of Mixed Methods Research  28. Presenting and Visualizing a Mixed Methods Study;  Section VII: Findings and Discussion  29. Introduction to Section VII: Findings and Discussion  30. An Introduction to Regression using Critical Quantitative Thinking 31. Show the Story: Presenting Qualitative Findings  32. Block by Block: Building a Discussion Section  33. Making the Theoretical Practical: Implications for Theory  34. The Donut Memo: Writing for Policymakers and Practitioners;  Section VIII: Special Topics  35. Introduction to Section VIII: Special Topics  36. Scholarly Identity Development of Undergraduate Researchers: A Lesson Plan for Professional Development  37. Developing Students’ Cultural Competence through Video Interviews  38. Preparing Students for Community-engaged Scholarship: A Lesson Plan for Collaborative Inquiry Grounded in Awareness of Self and Others  39. Teaching Policy Implications: Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?  40. Introducing Scholars to Public Writing; Closing Words: Helping Students to Learn Research and Become Researchers