Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit Title	RESEARCH METHODS
Course Unit Code	ESD508
Course Unit Details	MSc Education for the Environment and Sustainable Development (Electives Courses) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated	9
Learning Outcomes of the course unit	By the end of the course, the students should be able to: Justify the role and importance of research in education. Identify the differences underlying the main philosophical traditions of educational research and understand how each tradition affects research and the construction of meaningful knowledge. Conduct research in compliance with ethical and legal guidelines regarding subjects studied. State a problem in an area of interest and formulate researchable hypotheses. Strategically conduct literature review on a topic of interest by using various sources of information. Select appropriate data collection instruments, based on their appropriateness. Describe their data and conduct data analysis using parametric and non-parametric quantitative the methods. Compare the characteristics of different research designs and decide which is more suitable for solving specific research problems and questions.
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	NONE	Co-requisites	NONE
Recommended optional program components	NONE
Course Contents
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks	Cohen, L. & Manion, L. (2000). Research Methods of Education (X. Mitsopoulou & M. Filopoulou, Trans.). New York: Routledge. Papanastasiou, K., & Papanastasiou, E. (2005). Research Methods in Education. Nicosia. In Greek.
References	Creswell, J. (2007). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (3rd ed.): Prentice Hall Green, J., Camilli, G., & Elmore, P. (Eds.). (2006). Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers. Weiss, C. (1997). Evaluation. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Wiersma, W., & Jurs, S. (2008). Research Methods in Education: An Introduction: F.E. Peacock Publishers.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods	Teaching methods include lectures, group and whole class discussions of materials and student assignments, in-class activities and occasional brief presentations of students. Most of the meetings will feature a “workshop mode” where students will work, discuss and get feedback on their work.
Assessment methods and criteria	Midterm Exam 20% Assignments 30% Final Exam 50%
Language of instruction	Greek
Work placement(s)	NO