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5000-word research paper. Individually or in group, plus 1000-word reflective piece
- Structure
- Present it exactly as a journal would be presented
- Literature review
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Ethics/Access
- Developing informed consent - Saunders book
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Philosophy
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Egon Guba, 1990. The paradigm dialogue
- Positivism
- Post positivism
- Critical Theory
- Interpretivism
- Theory testing - the inductive approach. The top down pyramid. Qualitative. Deductive.
- Deductive approach
- Methodology
- Lit review should start broad and arrive at the key quesiotn of the paper
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Ethics
- Privacy etc
- What effects will the research have on the participants?
- Ethical concerns should be addressed in a section of the full dissertation. Not necessarily in the module apaer.