• crically assess and evaluate current literature on the chosen subject to define an area of study and formulate the research questions;
• employ the appropriate methodology to acheive the research targets as formulated in the research questions;
• clearly communicate to a specialised and non-specialised audiences of own research findings;
• manage a research project within a specified timeframe;
• demonstate originality in research;
• Ensure research is conducted in an ethical manner.

• identify and critically appraise the theoretical, scientific and/or empirical knowledge appropriate for the study;
• determine the contextual framework for the research;
• demonstrates critical knowledge of theoretical and evidence based practices within the educational field;
• demonstate a critical and anlytical approach towards indepth knowledge of the specific subject matter;
• identify and appreciate ethical and social issues within the field of educational research.

• design a research project related to a pedagogical and/or educational theme;
• adapt appropriate research methods to the field of study;
• formulate methods of collecting, manipulating and analysing data;
• compare and critically reflect on research findings and triangulate these findings with published literature;
• Create a hypthotesis and establish the correct tools to test it;
• critically evaluate the ethical issues related to own research.

This module will be assessed through: Dissertation.

Core Reading List

1. Cohen, L., Manion, L. and Morrison, K., (2011). Research Methods in Education. 7^th Routledge
2. Bryman, A., (2004). Social Research Methods. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. Neuman, W. L., (2003). Social Research Methods – Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. 5^th USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
4. Opie, C., (2010). Doing Educational Research. London: SAGE
5. Clough, P., and Nutbrown, C. (2012). A Student’s Guide to Methodology (3 ed.): Sage Publications.
6. Creswell, J. W. (2013). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches: Sage.
7. Cascio, M.A. and Racine, E. (2019). Research Involving Participants with Cognitive Disability and Differences: Ethics, Autonomy, Inclusion and Innocation. Oxford; OUP.
8. Sullivan, M. (2009). Philosophy, ethics, and the disability community. In D. M. Mertens, & P. E. Ginsberg The handbook of social research ethics (pp. 69-84). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483348971.n5

Supplementary Reading List

1. De Vaus, D. A. (2001). Research design in social research: Sage.
2. Crotty, M. (1998). The foundations of social research: Meaning and perspective in the research process: Sage.
3. Tashakkori, A. & Teddie, C., (1998). Mixed Methodology – Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: SAGE.