Contents

  1. Foreward

  2. Copyright information

  3. Introduction to educational research

  4. I. Research Topic

    1. 1. Identifying the research idea

    2. 2. Choosing your research topic

    3. 3. Framing your research

    4. 4. The Construction of the Research Problem Statement

    5. 5. Writing your research question

  5. II. Literature Search

    1. 6. Critically reviewing the literature

    2. 7. Identifying quality sources

    3. 8. Searching the literature

  6. III. Literature Review

    1. 9. Annotating sources

    2. 10. Organizing the literature

    3. 11. Theming the literature

    4. 12. Writing the literature review

  7. IV. Methodological Research Design

    1. 13. Definition of Research Paradigms

    2. 14. Positivist Paradigm

    3. 15. Post-positivist paradigm

    4. 16. Interpretive Paradigm

    5. 17. Critical Paradigm

    6. 18. Postmodern Paradigm

    7. 19. Indigenous Paradigm

  8. Attributions index

  9. Versioning history

  10. Author bios