The education research proposal will demonstrate how you will focus on a particular field of intellectual endeavor, such as special needs education, innovation in education, differentiation in education, technology in education and so on and how your field of inquiry relates to its broader intellectual context.
To devise the central question for the research proposal, a thorough going literature review must be conducted. Issued to be addressed by the literature review include:
Educational Journal articles have abstracts which provide a concise overview of the aim of the research paper, as well as its methods and findings. Read the abstract of the journal articles located through the search process, to determine the level of relevance of the article to the topic.
If the article is highly relevant, read a copy either online pasted within a word document to facilitate electronic highlighting and annotation, or in hard copy format to facilitate highlighting and annotation.
Annotation involves asking questions and making comments in response to the text, engaging in a dialogue with the text’s writer about the impact of their paper on the prompt you have to work with.
Keep notes well structured by using headings, sub-headings and bullet points, distinguishing main points from examples, illustrations and direct extracts. Note the page reference of any direct quotes to facilitate accurate referencing of the source, should you choose to use it within your paper.
In constructing your reading list, establish a works cited draft section and record the literature sources as you encounter them. It is much easier to note the source of relevant information as you make notes, than to do so retrospectively.
To be certain that the research proposal you devise complies with the requirements of the academic department who will oversee the research and assess it, check what the proposal’s organizational requirements are and ask for samples of such proposals to facilitate easy comprehension of the proposal’s components. Typically, these requirements include: introduction, literature review, rationale or justification, the scope and limitations of the research; the proposed research methodology and why it is desirable; method of date analysis, time table for the research to be completed and associated costs where necessary.
The Literature review should include an investigation of the type of research methodologies that are well suited to addressing the kind of research question who wish to pursue. Qualitative and quantitative methods may both be appropriate at different stages of the research process, so this dimension of the execution of the thesis should be investigated, so that the research methodology can be effectively selected and justified. Where data is to be collected, the collection management process should be described, noting how the integrity of the research process will be preserved. Methodological problems should be forecast and discussed.
The potential and actual ethical issues pertaining to the research process should be identified in the proposal with clear indications as to how they will be managed.
A generous amount of time should be timetabled into reviewing the thesis once it is written, to allow amendments, revisions and refinements to be made.
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