COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEG 6014 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ELECTIVE 2 2 0 10

Offered By

Medical Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Medical Education

Course Objective

Acquisition of knowledge and skills in research types in the field of education,
definition of variables, formulation of research questions and hypotheses, table writing rules, data analysis and evaluation, research proposal and report writing, evaluation of published manuscripts, research and publication ethics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe research types used in the field of education
2   To discuss the differences between educational and epidemiologic researches
3   To formulate research question and hypothesis in educational researches
4   To describe dependent and independent variables in educational researches
5   To discuss the principles of table and graphic design and usage
6   To make data entry and analysis
7   To evaluate published articles
8   To plan and study a research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 To formulate research question and hypothesis in educational research Dependent and independent variables in educational research Dependent and independent variables in educational research Research types (Observational research) Research types (Intervention Research) Differences between educational and epidemiologic researches Literature discussion session
2 To make and interpretation a table and graphic To make and interpretation a table and graphic To design cross-sectional studies To design cohort type studies To design case control type studies Literature discussion session
3 To design qualitative research methods Focus group interviews plan and implementation Structured semi structured interviews plan and implementation Data entry and analysis and interpretation Data analysis and interpretation in qualitative researches Literature discussion session
4 Evaluation of published article samples To formulate research proposal Research planning and implementing Literature discussion session

Recomended or Required Reading

Crowl TK (1996) Fundamentals of Educational Research. Second Edition. Mc Graw- Hill Companies, Inc. USA.
International Handbook of Research in Medical Education (2002) Editors: Norman, GF, Vleuten CPM, Newble DI.Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Fraenkel JR & Wallen NE (2006). How to design and evaluate research in education. 6th Edition. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Greenhalgh T (2001) How to Read a Paper. Second Edition. BMJ, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Literature discussion
Practical
Assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + FIN*0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + RST*0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

min score: 75/100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevgi.karademir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

monday 14.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 20 3 60
Tutorials 4 3 12
Case study 4 3 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 15 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.755
LO.8555