EDR-8300

Privitera, G.J., & Ahlgrim-Delzell, L. (2019). Research methods for education. SAGE
This resource is the course textbook. This text will help you understand the basics of research methodologies in education. For this week, concentrate on reading Chapters 1-2.
The link to the Redshelf book is located in your course in the Getting Started module and the Bookshelf link on your top navigation bar.

Salkind, N. J. (2010). Encyclopedia of research design (Vols. 1-0). SAGE.
This resource provides an answer to a number of questions. What is research? How does it differ from discovery or scholarship? And, most importantly, what are the transition points from scholarship to research and where does the doctoral dissertation fit into the process.

Behar, E., & Cain, N. (Academic). (2011). Steps in planning and conducting research [Video]. Retrieved from SAGE Research Methods.
This video (37:42) presents an overview of how the scientific method influences planning and conducting research. It provides a high-level overview of the research process from topic identification to reporting research findings.

Krathwohl, D. R. (2012). Dissertation. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design (pp. 377–379). SAGE.
This brief chapter discusses the purpose of the dissertation within your program of study, the critical role of the problem statement in defining interest in the study as well as driving the flow of the action plan and serving as the basis of logical reasoning and making connections (i.e., alignment) in all phases of the study. The chapter also provides a high-level summary of the roles and purposes of the five chapters of the traditional dissertation model. Although the EdD dissertation-in-practice is three sections rather than five chapters, similar concepts apply. In Week Two, you will learn the difference in focus and scope of PhD and EdD dissertation research. That difference, however, does not suggest that the process of the research is different nor is there a different expectation of rigor.