Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
appreciate why theory is relevant to and important for research recognise how research perspectives offer ways of linking theory to the practice of research understand what a research paradigm is and how paradigms can be distinguished from each other recognise how the choice of a research paradigm and its associated research methodology relates to how a research problem or enquiry is conceptualised understand how different research positions have led to different views about what counts as evidence and, as a consequence, what is judged to be valuable or reliable evidence in research appreciate how having a clear view of the theories and concepts informing a study offers a useful framework for research. OpenLearn - Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

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