1. Course: Fundamentals of Research Part I: The Nature of Research: Learning from other people’s research Workshop 3

2. Objectives A different broad way to classify research Good vs. Bad research Structure of the research paper Critical review of the research paper

3. Do you remember types of research? Name some types of researches Name some methods of research Activity sheet 1 Feature of qualitative and quantitative

4. Different way to classify researches Positive Naturalistic * Ethnographic

5. Good vs. Bad research 1 Good researches aim: 1. expand knowledge 2. investigate a new knowledge area a. Replication research: validate (maybe in a larger scale) or in different circumstances b. Adaptation research: validate or invalidate previous findings

6. Good vs. Bad research 2 Bad research: 1. no knowledge added 2. just a replication

7. Structure of the research paper 1 Title (1) Abstract (8) Content (9) Introduction (3) Literature review (Record keeping) (2) Methodology (4) Findings (5) Discussion (6)

8. Structure of the research paper 2 Conclusion (7) References (10) Bibliography (11)

9. Research Structure of process the research Topic/issue Research question/statements/ass umption… Research proposal Hypotheses Conceptual framework Methodology Time frame (E.g. Gantt chart)Gantt Title (1) Abstract (8) Content (9) Introduction (3) Literature review (Record keeping) (2) Methodology (4)

10. Research Structure of process the research Data collection: desk research for secondary data Data collection: surveys/interviews for primary data Design questionnaire Categorizing data Analyzing/interpreting data (E.g. SPSS programme) Presenting data Research writing Findings (5) Discussion (6) Conclusion (7) References (10) Bibliography (11)

11. Reading a research paper Activity sheet 2

12. Homework Activity sheet 4

13. Thank you Questions?