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Teaching Educational

Research Methods:

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Making It Real

& Relevant for

Students


Dr. Craig A. MertlerAssociate Professor & Director,

EdD in Leadership & Innovation

Arizona State University

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Interactive Poll #1

If you asked your Educational Research students on Day 1 of your course why they’re taking an ER course, how do you think the majority would respond?

A. I want to learn more about educational research.

B. I want to conduct my own research some day.

C. I want to be able to better understand research articles.

D. I’m just here because it’s a required course.

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Context

ER in MA programs

ER in EdD/ PhD progams ER in UG

programs

Required part of program or research core

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Challenges in Teaching ER

ER in UG programs

Practitioners vs.

researchers

Lack of interest

Lack of context

Diversity of students

ER in doc programs

ER in MA programs

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Up to the Challenge?

• Students need to see ER as beneficial set of processes

and procedures

WHY & HOW beneficial

• Not just a requirement…not just esoteric set of

procedures they’ll never use

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Up to the Challenge?

• Key is getting them to see importance of application of…

Terminology

Concepts

Skills

Process

• How about some potential strategies?

By no means an exhaustive list…

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Potential Strategies

1) CREATE A CONTEXT

• Allow students to write papers, etc. with particular self-

identified “problem of practice”

• Allow group work for self-identified problem

of practice

Taking different perspective

Bigger picture…

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2) DISCUSS PART(S) OF PROCESS THEY WOULD

FIND MOST DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT

• F2F discussions or online DBs

• Common concerns with process itself

• Brainstorm/share resources

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3) CAPITALIZE ON USE OF APPLIED PROJECTS

• Critical review of published studies

• Actual research studies

• Mock research studies

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4) INCORPORATE USE OF DEVELOPMENTAL

ACTIVITIES

• Allows for constant, continued, formative feedback

throughout process

• Can be very effective for every

major step in the process

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5) USE AN ACTION RESEARCH APPROACH

• (Slightly) different approach

• Teach ER from an applied, AR perspective

Context

Applicability and relevance

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Interactive Poll #2

Which of the five strategies presented today do you think would be most effective with your students?

A. Creating a context

B. Discussing more difficult parts of research process

C. Capitalizing on applied projects

D. Diligent use of developmental projects

E. Utilizing an action research approach

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