My teaching plan on research methods in terms of the onion model

My teaching plan on research methods in terms of the onion model

Introduce the onion model of research methods (video resources). [a related video on the onion model]

Lecture 1: on the first layer of the onion model and its relatedness to the ALRA practice.

     Topic 1.1: positivism

     Topic 1.2: interpretivism

     Topic 1.3: pragmatism

     Topic 1.4: critical realism 

 

    Lecture 2: On research approaches: inductive and deductive approaches. [Layer 2 of the onion model]. 

*** the teaching plan on research approaches.

 Lecture 3: On the onion model of research:  layer 3 (research strategies)

Topic 1: case study

1.1.: case study: definition.

1.2.: case study: illustration of the steps involved.

1.3.: design a case study protocol.

Topic 2: grounded theory

2.1.: introduction.

2.2.: versions of grounded theory.

2.3.: coding in grounded theory.

Topic 3: action research

3.1.: history of action research.

3.2.: research design: action research.

3.3.: an example of an action research.

Topic 4: ethnography

4.1.: what is ethnography?

4.2.: understanding ethnography.

4.3.: participant observation.

Topic 5: survey research

5.1.: survey research.

5.2.: survey, questionnaire and test.

5.3.: analysing questionnaires.

Topic 6: experiment/ quasi-experiment

6.1.: true experiments.

6.2a.: types of experiments

6.2b.: experimental studies and other related ones.

Others

7. focus group

8. research interview

9. observational research

Lecture 4: On the onion model of research (layer 4 : time horizons):

Topic 1: longitudinal

Topic 1.1: what are longitudinal studies.

Topic 2: cross-sectional

Topic 2.1.: what is cross-sectional data?

Topic 2.2.: analytic cross-sectional study design (an illustration).

Topic 2.3a.: stratified vs cluster sampling.

Topic 2.3b.: types of sampling techniques. (more detailed)

Topic 3: cross-sectional study vs longitudinal studies.

Topic 3.1.: cross-sectional study vs longitudinal studies.

Topic 3.2.: time series vs cross-sectional data.