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IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
A/Professor Denis McLaughlinSchool of Educational Leadership
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DEFINITION Research problems are educational
issues or concerns studied by researchers
In education, a problem is a concern to educators that exists in educational settings
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Ask yourself To help locate your research problem for your thesis, ask
yourself such questions as:
What was the issue/problem you want to study?
What is the concern being addressed “behind” this study?
Why do you want to undertake this study?
Why is this study important to the scholarly community?
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DEFINING TERMS Research Problem: Educational issue/problem in a
study
Research Topic: Broad subject matter being addressed in a study
Purpose: Major intent or object of study
Research Questions: Questions to answer or address in a study
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General
Specific
Topic
Research Problem
Research Statement
Research Questions
OVERVIEW
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PROBLEM RESEARCHABILITY1. Will your research contribute to knowledge and practice?
It fills a void or extends existing research It replicates a study with new participants or a new site Problem has not be studied or understudied It gives “voice” to people not heard, silenced, or rejected in society It informs practice
2. Accessed to people & sites
3. Time, Resources and skills
4. Therapy
5. To prove what your already know
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DESIGNING & WRITING THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1. The research problem within this study
2. Justification for the problem (based on past research and practice)
3. Shortcoming of past research or practice
4. The importance / significance of the problem
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GETTING STARTED Write down the purpose statement of your study Embedded in this purpose statement are key terms
that will help you to start your literature review This part of the literature review searches for core
literature and it should focus almost exclusively on empirical studies
Look for studies similar to your problem statement in Australia.
Look for studies similar to your problem statement in other countries.
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LITERATURE PRIORITY
CORE
RELATIONAL
PARENT
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WHERE TO START1. Encyclopedia of educational research (Alkin, 1992) The
appendix ‘Doing library research in education’ is brilliant
2. HandbooksInternational Handbooks of Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, Lifelong Learning etc quickly introduce you to the major players and research issues in your study
3. ThesesOverseas – Dissertation abstracts, US computer disksBritish Dissertation abstractsAustralia – Cunningham library, ACER, www.acer.edu.au
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4. DatabasesERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) www.accesseric.org. (world’s largest source of information – one million abstracts)Australian Education Index (AUSINET)
5. Current index to journals in education and resources in education: locate through ERIC
6. Social Science Citation Index: CDROM
7. Online Journals (anbar)
8. Google (search engine)
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INITIAL ORGANISING THE LITERATURE
Print out your research problem and research purpose statement in font size 20pt & bold & adhere to a place near your computer where your regularly see. Do not be a dilettante . You need to get a reasonably solid grasp of your proposed topic relatively quickly in order to focus or flick.
Read, categorise, file
Construct a literature map (different from but a pre-requisite to a conceptual framework)
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From Creswell (2002).