Course : (ESC_311) Introduction to the Methodology of Educational Research
Curriculum : The course aims at introducing students to the essentials of the methodology of educational research by providing an overview of the “research paradigms”, the main “methods” and “techniques” that are integrated in them, the steps in the process of planning and implementing research and the ethical issues that need to be taken into account.
Outline : The course is concerned with the following topics: "Getting familiar with the educational research"; "The three research paradigms in educational research"; "Basic methods of quantitative, qualitative and mixed research"; "Planning a research study"; "Ethics within educational research"; Data collection “techniques”. The course includes lectures with presentation and discussion of the topics, group-work with the aid of worksheets, critical whole-class discussions about methodological issues that emerge within educational research studies. International students can be tutored in English and assessed with written exams at the end of the semester.