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Research Methods for Investigating Mental Health & Wellbeing in Education - EDU00102M
Module summary
This module will develop your knowledge and skills in quantitative and qualitative research with particular focus on research ethics, research design, data collection and data analyses applied in evaluating mental health and wellbeing interventions in educations. You will also advance your skills in communicating research to a range of audiences.
Professional requirements
none
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2021-22 |
Module aims
This module aims to develop the essential research methods knowledge and skills needed for effective ethical evaluation of mental health and wellbeing strategies, interventions and provisions in education. You will gain in-depth critical comparative understanding of both quantitative research designs (such as surveys and longitudinal evaluations) and qualitative methods and methodologies (focus groups, interviews) as well as associated research analysis approaches (e.g., correlations, analysis of variance, thematic analysis etc.) from an applied educational perspective with focus on mental health and wellbeing in education. You will learn how to prepare a proposal detailing research evaluation of mental health and wellbeing programmes and provisions. You will also develop a range of transferable skills in assimilating and critically evaluating research evidence and developing your own perspective on it, formulating reasoned arguments, analysing and synthesising research methods and findings, and developing effective communication, research literature search and digital literacy skills.
Module learning outcomes
At the end of this module:
1. You will have knowledge of ethical issues applicable to research on mental health and wellbeing in education. You will be able to apply this knowledge in assessing ethics aspects of existing research in this area and in considering ethical issue of research evaluations you will propose.
2. You will have developed your research knowledge and skills in quantitative research on mental health and wellbeing in education including various data sampling and data collection methods, research designs and associated statistical data analysis methods.
3. You will have developed your research knowledge and skills in qualitative research on mental health and wellbeing in education including the variety of qualitative methods and methodologies and associated data collection methods.
4. You will be able to develop a proposal for evaluating a mental health or wellbeing provision in schools using quantitative, qualitative or mixed research methods.
5. You will have knowledge of the field-specific research methods and terminology enabling you to communicate research a range of audiences and collaborate with researchers, policy makers and teachers in the context of mental health and wellbeing in education.
Module content
Week 2 - Introducing quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluating mental health and wellbeing in education; research ethics principles and procedures in evaluating mental health and wellbeing in education
Week 3 - Critical analysis of research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Week 4 - The variety of quantitative research designs and data collection approaches in surveying and evaluating mental health and wellbeing in education
Week 5 - Qualitative approaches to exploring experiences, barriers and facilitators in the context of of mental health and wellbeing in education (thematic analysis, content analysis, etc.); mixed methods approaches
Week 6 - Preparing a research evaluation proposal (I); Using descriptive statistics effectively in evaluating mental health and wellbeing in education
Week 7 - Selecting the right inferential statistic in assessing mental health and wellbeing in education (correlations, regressions, t-tests)
Week 8 - Using analysis of variance to evaluate effects of mental health and wellbeing interventions
Week 9 - Conducting focus groups and interviews in researching mental health and wellbeing education; Communicating research to a range of audiences
Week 10 - Capturing the interactive nature of child, teacher and parent mental health and wellbeing influences in research evaluations; Preparing a research evaluation proposal (II)
Assessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Essay/coursework Critical comparative analysis |
N/A | 30 |
| Essay/coursework Research evaluation proposal |
N/A | 70 |
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Essay/coursework Critical comparative analysis |
N/A | 30 |
| Essay/coursework Research evaluation proposal |
N/A | 70 |
Module feedback
Individual written feedback reports for summative assessments, with follow-up tutor meeting if necessary. The feedback is returned to students in line with university policy. Please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information.
Indicative reading
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative research in psychology, 3(2), 77-101.
Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. London,UK: Sage Publications.
Khan, K. S., Kunz, R., Kleijnen, J., & Antes, G. (2003). Five steps to conducting a systematic review. Journal of the royal society of medicine, 96(3), 118-121.
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