Finding and contributing to the literature

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Finding and contributing to the literature

• Dr Sue Morón-García
• Senior Lecturer HE Research Development
• Liz Willis
• Learning and Teaching Advisor

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• Where might you find out what others have done?
• What resources are available to you?
• How might you go about contributing to the
  literature?

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Examining published educational research

• What links are there to theory / previous
  studies?
• Methods methodology?
• Suitable / well explained
• Repeatable / generalisable
• Reliable / valid
• Ethical clearance?
• Understandable / well written?
• How might you do something similar or related?

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Consider ...

• The focus of your investigation or research
  issue, your preliminary hypotheses or conjectures
• The feasibility of this in the context and time
  available
• The choice of method fitness for purpose and
  context
• How you might collection relevant data
• How you might classify or categorise it
• How you can make time for data analysis
• How you can report your results, where and to whom

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Sources / resources

• The Journal of The Further Education Alliance
• http//www.imperialhousepublishing.com/joomla/
• The Journal of Further and Higher Education
• http//www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0309877X.as
  p
• Your Higher Education Academy subject centres
• http//www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/networks/subjec
  tcentres
• engsc Pedagogic Research toolkit (for writing
  bibliography)
• http//www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/pedago
  gic-research-tool-kit.pdf

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References

• Ashwin, P., Trigwell, K. (2004). Investigating
  Staff and Educational Development. In P. Khan
  D. Baume (Eds.), Enhancing Staff and Educational
  Development. London Kogan Page.
• HEFCE (2009) Supporting higher education in
  further education colleges Policy, practice and
  prospects
• http//www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_05/
• Prosser, M. (2005). Supporting the student
  experience, a scholarly approach. academy
  exchange, autumn 2005, 8-9. Retrieved 15th May
  2009 from http//www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/d
  ocuments/resources/publications/exchange/web0257_e
  xchange_issue_2.pdf