Foundations of Educational Research

What is the purpose of educational research?

• Produce knowledge

• Effectiveness and innovation in instructional strategies

• Insufficient funding and resources

• Apply the method in practice

What are the characteristics of educational research?

• Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods.

• Teaching methods and educational tecnology.

• Systematic, dynamic, empirical and interdisciplinary.

• None of them

What are the areas of educational research?

• Educational policy, special education and dynamic.

• Teaching methods, curriculum studies and educational technology.

• Empirical, Systematic and Interdisciplinary.

• Dynamic, educational policy, empirical, and systematic.

What is a paradigm?

• A framework of beliefs, values, and techniques shared by a scientific community

• Specific  approach used to conduct research, collect data, and analyze findings

• Effectiveness and innovation in instructional strategies.

• Connects ontological and epistemological assumptions to the practical stategies of inquiry.

What is ontology in the context of educational research?

• Reality exists independently of human perception.

• Reality is socially constructed through interactions.

What is epistemology in the context of educational research?

• Knowledge is objective and can be discovered through empirical observation.

• Knowledge is subjective and depends on individual or cultural perspectives.

What is methodology?

• The overarching framework that explains and justifies the choice of methods.

• It is how you apply the method in practice

• It´s what you do to investigate an educational issue

• The study of knowledge and how it is acquired, including the relationship between the researcher and the knowledge being investigated

What is method?

• Flexible methods like interviews or ethnography

• It´s what you do to investigate an educational issue

• It includes the research philosophy, approach, and rationale.

• Growing emphasis on collaborative, community-based, and socio-critical approaches to education.

What are the common educational research methodologies?

• Systematic, empirical and dynamic.

• Interview and observation.

• Experimental, case study and survey methodology.

• Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodology.

What does the positivist paradigm emphasize?

• Subjectivity and context

• Empirical evidence and scientific method

• Qualitative methods

• Socially constructed reality