Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
In this tutorial you will learn:
- That research is finding something out in an organised and systematic way
- That it can be used to develop practices or further understanding
- That good research solves problems
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Different approaches to research’ by Laser Learning
- ‘How to research’ by Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight, published by Open University Press
- ‘Influencing factors’ by Laser Learning
- Click on the link to the left to open a document containing links to additional resources on: Ethical issues in research Literary reviews Quantitative research and qualitative research Laying out research Research analysis
- ‘Ethical guidelines for educational research’ by the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation ‘Selecting research subjects’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation ‘Power, truth and values, and the reflective cycle’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation ‘Research ethics’.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the link to the left to read various research information available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
- Click on the link to the left to the Department for Education website which provides links to research on children’s social care.
- Click to read ‘The role of research in teacher education’ by the British Educational Research Journal.
- Click to access the website for the National Foundation for Educational Research.
- Click to read ‘Research ethics in social care' from NHR School for Social Care Research.
- ‘Ethical considerations in research with children and young people’ by the University of Sheffield. Click on the icon to read this specialist research ethics guidance paper.
- ‘Information sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers’ by the HM Government (UK).
- Click to read ‘Writing up your university assignments and research projects: A practical handbook’ by Neil Murray and Geraldine Hughes.
- Think And Challenge
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