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Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Teaching Educational Research Methods: #SAGETalks Making It Real & Relevant for Students

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Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Interactive Poll #1 If you asked your Educational Research students on Day 1 of your course why they’re taking an ER course, how do you think the majority would respond? A. I want to learn more about educational research. B. I want to conduct my own research some day. C. I want to be able to better understand research articles. D. I’m just here because it’s a required course. #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Context ER in MA programs ER in EdD/ PhD progams ER in UG programs Required part of program or research core #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Challenges in Teaching ER ER in UG programs Practitioners vs. researchers Lack of interest Lack of context Diversity of students ER in doc programs ER in MA programs #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Up to the Challenge? Students need to see ER as beneficial set of processes and procedures WHY & HOW beneficial Not just a requirement…not just esoteric set of procedures they’ll never use #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Up to the Challenge? Key is getting them to see importance of application of… Terminology Concepts Skills Process How about some potential strategies? By no means an exhaustive list… #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Potential Strategies 1)CREATE A CONTEXT Allow students to write papers, etc. with particular self- identified “problem of practice” Allow group work for self-identified problem of practice Taking different perspective Bigger picture… #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Potential Strategies 2)DISCUSS PART(S) OF PROCESS THEY WOULD FIND MOST DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT F2F discussions or online DBs Common concerns with process itself Brainstorm/share resources #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Potential Strategies 3)CAPITALIZE ON USE OF APPLIED PROJECTS Critical review of published studies Actual research studies Mock research studies #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Potential Strategies 4)INCORPORATE USE OF DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES Allows for constant, continued, formative feedback throughout process Can be very effective for every major step in the process #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Potential Strategies 5)USE AN ACTION RESEARCH APPROACH (Slightly) different approach Teach ER from an applied, AR perspective Context Applicability and relevance #SAGETalks

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC Interactive Poll #2 Which of the five strategies presented today do you think would be most effective with your students? A. Creating a context B. Discussing more difficult parts of research process C. Capitalizing on applied projects D. Diligent use of developmental projects E. Utilizing an action research approach #SAGETalks

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