NERU

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Dr Lynn Martin

Follow Up of Faculty Development Day December 2011

This session will focus on creating theme research groups in education such as portfolios, simulation, clinical teaching, PBL,PBL in large groups, use of reflection, tutorial assessment and other ideas that emerged from the December day.

Charlotte Noesgaard

Discussion Process

The plan is to have groups develop a description for a focused educational research theme as NERU has done in the past. The Research office is available to assist groups to apply for the $2,000.00 educational research grant due 2012 mid March. This is an opportunity for all faculty to become part of research teams valuing education.

Dec 12 Themes

• Clinical learning• Educator Role• Learning Methods• Teaching Methods• Evaluation Methods• Student perceptions

Freq. of educational research methods

METHOD Number Percentage

Interview 480 92

Literature review 471 90

Case study 421 81

Sampling 416 80

Observation 415 80

Textual analysis 409 79

Qualitative general 400 77

Quantitative general 393 76

Survey 391 75

Triangulation 370 71

Gorald, S., Rushforth, K., & Taylor, C. (2004). Is there a shortage of quantitative work in educational research? Oxford Review of Education,30(3), 371-395.

Grabove, V., Kustra, E., Lopes, V., Potter, M.K., Wiggers, R., & Woodhouse, R. (Jan. 31, 2012). Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario

U.K. ESRC Research Program

• Research Assessment Exercise UK 2001 overall improvement since 1992 & 1996 review.

• 55% of all research active work in a dept. Graded as high quality compared to 31% in 1996.

• Out of 174 agencies applying for funds. 75% allocated to 24 agencies

Gorald, S., Rushforth, K., & Taylor, C. (2004). Is there a shortage of quantitative work in educational research? Oxford Review of Education,30(3), 371-395.

UK ESRC Teaching & Learning Research Program (TLRP)

• Research Capacity Building Network1. Interview stakeholders2. Survey education research community 3. Review best education Literature4. Audit method, questionnaire at

www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/capacityN = 521 – category – theory/method field used:

British Educational JournalBritish Journal of Educational Psychology

Education Management and Administration

Criticism of education research:

• Small scale• Non cumulative• Decreased quality• Overgeneralizations

QualitativeMethods :

• Interview• Literature review• Case study samplings• Observation• Text analysis• Qual general

Quantitative Methods

• Quantitative general• Survey• Triangulation• 2⁰ data analysis ex exam scores

Trends in educational research

• Reported first method :• think piece (18%), • lit review 10%, • survey 8%, • case study 8%, • Ratio is 2 qualitative: 1 quantitative