Postgraduate Module Descriptor


ERPM000: The Nature of Educational Enquiry

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level7
Credits30 ECTS Value15
Term(s) and duration

This module will run during term 2 (10 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Brahm Norwich (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

Yes

Beginning educational researchers need to have a good grasp of the central and current ideas, concepts, debates, theories, philosophies and approaches employed in educational research. This provides a foundation for their understanding and application of different research approaches and methods. The purpose of the module is to introduce you to the range of philosophical and theoretical ideas and debates underpinning educational and social science research, including exploring in some depth the key technical, philosophical and theoretical concepts and terms used in current research reports and debates, and the ethical and political dimensions of research.

Module created

01/10/2003

Last revised

06/11/2012