Unit 11: Research Project - Due 30th September 2019

The aim of this unit is to engage in sustained research in a specific field of study. The unit enables students to demonstrate the capacity and ability to identify a research theme, to develop research aims, objectives and outcomes, and to present the outcomes of such research in both written and verbal formats. The unit also encourages students to reflect on their engagement in the research process during which recommendations for future, personal development are key learning points.

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Lecturer Notes:

Chapter 1:        The Role and Importance of Research

Chapter 2:        The Research Process: Coming to terms

Chapter 3A:      Selecting a problem and Reviewing the Research

Chapter 3B:      The Importance of Practicing Ethic in Research

Chapter 3C:      Review of Literature

Chapter 4A:      Sampling and Generalizability

Chapter 4B:      Understanding Research Philosophies ad approaches

Chapter 5:        Formulation Research Design

Chapter 6:        Negotiating Access and Research Ethic

Chapter 7A:      Selecting Samples

Chapter 7B:      Data Collection and Discriptive Statistics

Chapter 8:        Using secondary data

Chapter 9:        Collecting primary data through observation

Chapter 10:      Collecting Primary Data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews

Chapter 11:      Collecting Primry Data Using Questionaires

Chapter 12:      Analysing Quantitative data

Chapter 13:      Analysing Qualitative data

Chapter 14:      Writing a report







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Unit 11: Set Assignment

  • Football example
  • Gantt Chart
  • Guidance for Students
  • HND Business
  • Learning objectives
  • Research brief
  • Research Ethics Approval Form
  • Research Examplar
  • Research Proposal Form (Blog)
  • Research Proposal Form (Paper)
  • Search Engine
  • Skills development
  • Startup Business
  • Suggested Titles

Unit 11 could be linked to the following recommended units:

  • Unit 6: Managing a Successful Business Projec
  • Unit 16: Operations and Project Management

Embedded

  • Merit
  • Distinction
  • Globalization
  • Maths / Numeracy
  • Practical English
  • Employability
  • Harvard Reference
  • Business Phrases

Lession agenda

  • Today's Lesson Plan
  • SOW 21-40
  • Kolb's Qestionnaire
  • Reflective models
  • Pearson Set Assignment
  • Term dates

Resources

  • Unit 11: BTEC Specification
  • Unit 11: Scheme of work
  • Survey Monkey
  • Unut 11: Set Assignment
  • Competency Framework
  • Search Engine
  • Technique Library
  • Tutor's Resources
  • Transitional Phrases
  • Tun-It-In
  • Redacted CV
  • Block-buster
  • Research brief
  • Open coding

Web pages:

  • Peeling Saunders Research Onion
  • Six stages of research process

Journals

  • International Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research.
  • Qualitative Research Journal.

Recommended Resources:

  • COSTLEY, C., ELLIOT, G. and GIBBS, P. (2010) Doing Work Based Research: Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-researchers.London: SAGE.
  • FLICK, U. (2011)Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner’s Guide to Doing a Research Project.London: SAGE.
  • GRAY, D. (2009) Doing Research in the Real World.2nd Ed. London: SAGE.
  • SAUNDERS, M., LEWIS, P. and THORNHILL, A. (2012) Research methods for Business Students. 6th Ed. Harlow: Pearson.
  • WILKINSON, D (2004) The Researcher’s Toolkit. The Complete Guide To Practitioner Research. 3rd Ed. RoutledgeFalmer. ISBH 0-415-21566-8

Research Articles (Examples)

  • A Case Study of the Introduction of a New Virtual Learning Environment from the Perspective of Personnel Within the Structure of a College Learning Resource Centre
  • Action research demonstrating the impact of two formative assessment methods on the learning of a group of level 2 BTEC Health and Social Care students
  • Can action research reveal how to raise attainment levels in L2 English Functional Skills writing?
  • Do students perceptions of the purpose and use of feedback change between year 1, 2 and 3 of a programme? A comparative study.

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