R&CIP - Research and Community Informed Practice - Introduction to Research Education WEEK 17

Learning Outcomes:

1. Assemble and critically review a relevant body of literature.

2. Apply a Kaupapa Māori approach (that reflects the principles of Te Noho Kotahitanga) to knowledge gathering, developing research questions and identifying community priorities.

3. Develop a research topic, clearly articulated both in objectives and scope, that is justified by prior literature, and the current needs of the community.

So Understanding Research - what does it all mean to me before I embark on this next block of learning?
This video explains the reasons and benefits of research in education.

Explanation of the different types of Educational research

So what is Educational Research? According to Ian Rushton at the University of Huddersfield

it's a collection and analysis of information to help us understand and explain it better.

There are 3 areas - Research - Policy - Practice. Education Research is carried out to: 

1. explore issues - identify problems/issues 

2. shape policy - informs us 

3. improve practice - to do better than what is done presently

To be a researcher you have to be:

Flexible; plan; organise; reason; analyse; synthesise; contrast; compare; evaluate and examine.

Gosh it's good to know that I will be working at Extended Abstract level (solo taxonomy)

The three key areas - research, policy and practice as taken from the course notes.

On a general level research consists of three steps:

1.Pose a question

2. Collect data to answer the question

3. Present an answer to the question

The Process of Research

1. Identify the research problem

2. Review the literature

3. Specify a purpose for research

4. Collect data

5. Analyse and interpret data

6. Report and evaluate research

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Creswell, J - Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research.

How can Kaupapa Maori inform research? 

make a positive difference in Māori whānau, hapū, iwi and communities.

seeks to identify and uphold Māori views, solutions and ways of knowing. 

It is about empowering Māori people, voice, processes and knowledge.   http://www.rangahau.co.nz/research-idea/

How can the principles of Kaupapa Maori relate to your own practice?

It helps give me a better understanding of Maori educational perspective and I feel I can identify with all of the principles. Hopefully, I would like to think that I could take on board some of these principles into my teaching practice and learning.