Collaborating to Teach Research Methods in Education

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Milford, Todd
Etmanski, Catherine
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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The purpose of this paper is to describe a pedagogical collaboration between two research methods instructors in a Faculty of Education in Canada. Both instructors represent different paradigms in the classic quantitative vs. qualitative dichotomy in that they were trained in vastly different ways and have tended to approach their research along these same lines. However, despite these differences the paper explores how they each viewed this as a potential limitation in their methods teaching and how through crossing over to each other's classrooms were able to both expand their own understanding as well as offer a more ...
View more >The purpose of this paper is to describe a pedagogical collaboration between two research methods instructors in a Faculty of Education in Canada. Both instructors represent different paradigms in the classic quantitative vs. qualitative dichotomy in that they were trained in vastly different ways and have tended to approach their research along these same lines. However, despite these differences the paper explores how they each viewed this as a potential limitation in their methods teaching and how through crossing over to each other's classrooms were able to both expand their own understanding as well as offer a more balanced and useful learning experience for the learners in their classrooms. Keywords: research methods, collaborative tertiary teaching, reflective teaching
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View more >The purpose of this paper is to describe a pedagogical collaboration between two research methods instructors in a Faculty of Education in Canada. Both instructors represent different paradigms in the classic quantitative vs. qualitative dichotomy in that they were trained in vastly different ways and have tended to approach their research along these same lines. However, despite these differences the paper explores how they each viewed this as a potential limitation in their methods teaching and how through crossing over to each other's classrooms were able to both expand their own understanding as well as offer a more balanced and useful learning experience for the learners in their classrooms. Keywords: research methods, collaborative tertiary teaching, reflective teaching
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Journal Title
Northwest Passage
Volume
10
Issue
1
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© 2012 Northwest Association of Teacher Educators. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Education not elsewhere classified
Education