Research continues to have a growing influence on the working lives of education professionals. Recent years have seen a growth in demands from policymakers for compelling evidence to guide policy and practice, both at governmental and individual school, college and university level.

There is a need for rigorous research practice to generate robust evidence, but there is also a need for professionals with the skills to understand and problematise the research process. 

This Researching Education CPD module provides you with the tools to enable you to engage with research, both as a 'user' and as a 'generator'. 

Who is it for?

This course is for people who are considering undertaking a substantial research project around education or for those of you who want to understand more about the process of knowledge creation in educational settings.

Careers / Further study

Upon completion of this module, you may wish to apply for one of the following courses:

• MA Education 
• PGDip Education
• PGDip Education (Early Years)
• PGCert Education
• PGCert Education (Early Years)

Content

This Researching Education course addresses a range of philosophical issues that underpin the research process, as well as providing an introduction to the most common approaches and methods. It explores the ethical basis for undertaking research that is respectful and where the risks of harm are mitigated. The culmination will be the production of a research proposal that should you wish could be a viable foundation for a meaningful dissertation.

Learning and Teaching

This CPD module has deliveries starting either in October or April with twelve lecture-style and seminar-style sessions of two hours each, as well as opportunities for one-to-one tutorial time.

One session will be given over to assessment of poster presentations.

Independent learning includes hours engaged with essential reading, proposal preparation and completion etc.

Prior to arriving at UWE Bristol for the five taught days, you will also be asked to engage with some flipped learning activities where you will be given some advance materials such as lecture videos to reflect on.

For further information about course content and suitability, please contact Fay Lewis (Fay.Lewis@uwe.ac.uk).

Assessment

Assessment for this module will contain two components:

• a presentation
• a research proposal of 7,000 words.