ECE603 ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & ETHICS
| Course Code: | 4110603 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. FEYZA ERDEN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Explores trends and issues related to research design.
- Develops an understanding of the various components of research design and of the relationships among those components.
- Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a particular research report.
- Identifies a research problem within students’ field of concentration, to generate appropriate research questions, and to explore the choice of an appropriate methodology and design.
- Explores issues in designing a clearly focused, defensible research project.
- Explains the language and approach of scientific research.
- Describes how a suitable research "problem" is selected. Uses library resources and services.
- Describes major considerations (content, organization, rules, style, etc.) related to writing formal, scientific research reports.
Course Content
This course gives emphasis on understanding advance research topics and ethical issues considered while conducting educational research. Throughout the course students expected to conceptualize analysis and interpreting quantitative and qualitative research problems, methods, data, data analysis, and reporting results.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Have skills to identify the problems related to the study field, developing solutions using appropriate research methods and applying these methods. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Have necessary knowledge and skills to plan, finalize and present research studies related to Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Have necessary knowledge to contribute to program development and evaluation studies related to Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Have skills to apply innovations related to Early Childhood Education in institutions and organizations where they are assigned. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Have ability to monitor and evaluate domestic and international publications related to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Be capable of conducting data analysis by using appropriate statistical methods and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Have theoretical knowledge about assessment techniques in education, teaching methods and material development that form the basis of the specialist area of Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Have academic and research ethics. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution