#026 – Dr Sam Baars and Iesha Small: Conducting a Research Project (part 2)
16th August 2018
In this episode, Sam and Iesha continue their discussion about the early phases of conducting a research project. Their discussion focuses on research design, conducting a literature review and establishing research questions. They also talk about the ‘nuts and bolts’ of a research design, including choosing quantitative or qualitative methods and evaluate the benefits of both.
In this episode Sam and Iesha:
- Reflect on whether research questions can change during a research project
- Highlight the importance of research questions
- Examine the relationship between a literature review and research questions
- Explore our recent research for the Department for Education
- Evaluate different social research methods
- Consider why it’s important for new social research to build on existing literature
- Chew over the standard model of physics
- Pick apart the Department for Education’s conclusions about Good/Outstanding schools
- Discuss the benefits of qualitative research
- Highlight how important transparency is in qualitative research
- Explain what quantitative research is useful for
- Discuss how causal claims can be established through quantitative research
- Evaluate what research shows us about grammar schools
- Pick apart the shortcomings of quantitative studies in the education sector
Resources/people featured or mentioned:
- LKMco/Department for Education- School Culture and Practice: Supporting Attainment
- Dr Sam Baars- Director of Research, LKMco
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Music credits:
‘Oui’ by Simon Mathewson and ‘Jump for joy’ by Scott Holmes both from http://freemusicarchive.org
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