COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEG 5016 RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Medical Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SEVGI TIMBIL

Offered to

Medical Education

Course Objective

Acquisition of knowledge and skills in research types in the field of education, definition of variables, formulation of research questions and hypotheses, evaluation of published manuscripts, table writing rules, data analysis and evaluation, research proposal and report writing

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe research types used in the field of education
2   To discuss the differences between educational and epidemiologic researches
3   To formulate research question and hypothesis in educational researches
4   To describe dependent and independent variables
5   To explain the principles of table and graphic design and usage
6   To describe data entry and analysis principles and methods
7   To evaluate published articles
8   To plan a research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 To formulate research question and hypothesis Dependent and independent variables Research types Research types Differences between educational and epidemiologic researches Principles of table design and usage Principles of graphic design and usage Literature discussion session
2 Cross-sectional studies Cohort type studies Case control type studies Qualitative research methods and tools Focus group interviews description and principles Focus group interviews - planning Literature discussion session
3 Structured semi structured interviews, qualitative research methods and tools Data entry Data analysis Literature discussion session
4 Data analysis in qualitative researches Research ethics Publication ethics Evaluation of published article samples Evaluation of published article samples To formulate research proposal Research planning Literature discussion session

Recomended or Required Reading

Crowl TK (1996) Fundamentals of Educational Research. Second Edition. Mc Graw- Hill Companies, Inc. USA.
International Handbook of Research in Medical Education (2002) Editors: Norman, GF, Vleuten CPM, Newble DI.Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Fraenkel JR & Wallen NE (2006). How to design and evaluate research in education. 6th Edition. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Greenhalgh T (2001) How to Read a Paper. Second Edition. BMJ, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Literature discussion
Practical
Assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + FIN*0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + RST*0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

min score: 75/100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevgi.karademir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday 14-16

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 20 3 60
Tutorials 4 3 12
Case study 4 3 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 15 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 4 2 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75
LO.85

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