Education Studies (Part time) MA/PgDip/PgCert

The course aims to enable understudies to: Assess, justify and critique different approaches to educational research, including methods and data analysis Demonstrate a critical understanding of research methods literature and its practical applications. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative or quantitative approaches and mixed methods in educational research. Demonstrate a critical understanding of practitioner research issues, for example in carrying out action research projects, and the researcher's own position in the process. Critically understand and justify the use of different research methods and practices relevant to students’ own areas of interest. (Students may then use this as a basis for their dissertation proposal.)