Research Methodologies - DHM1025

Assessment 1: Written draft

Feedback on the draft research proposal and the draft report.

Written draft

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

The student will create a research proposal in which they identify a working title, their rationale for choice of topic, research questions, methodology, methods, preliminary ethical concerns and indicative literature related to the chosen topic and methodology.

Written Assignment

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

The student will pilot an aspect of their research proposal as agreed with the module tutor, and write a referenced, critically evaluative report of approximately 2,500 words detailing the process of data collection and analysis. The pilot should be conducted within the student’s peer group or a strategy agreed with the module leader.

This module explores a range of academic, social and educational research strategies and methods. You will engage with various research techniques and consider the appropriateness of these within different contexts. You will also explore the value and significance of alternative approaches to data collection and analysis within their fields of study. The module aims to facilitate your development of appropriate research and analytic skills as well as exploring the presentation and evaluation of research within your respective areas of study. This is a higher level module designed to prepare you to evaluate appropriate methodological issues as well as to undertake research initiatives.
This module introduces you to some of the different ways in which research happens. You’ll learn how to develop your own research design, and how to pilot this design, as preparation for conducting the research in the Major Study module, DHF2495. You’ll submit two coursework assignments, a research proposal worth 30% and a report of a pilot of this proposal, worth 70% of the module marks. The module equips you with the skills you need to research and write your Major Study.

School of Education and Professional Development

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DHM1025 - Research Methodologies

Research Methodologies

Critically examines and evaluates research processes, including specific issues associated with research within own area of study.

Shows awareness of ethical issues in academic research.

Identifies and justifies a research strategy and methods appropriate to field of study.

Analyses different strategies for research and assesses their relevance to field of study.

Applies knowledge of ethics to a research strategy and data collection methods.

Evaluates research data and the effectiveness of research design.

Critically evaluates methods of undertaking research and their appropriateness for various contexts.

Displays relevant analytical and critical skills in the development of a research strategy.