Homework 1
• Identify a specific policy that impacts upon or relates to your chosen educational research topic.
• Prepare a 5 minute presentation (maximum 4 slides) that will cover the following:
Briefly outline of your research topic. What is it you want to study and why?
Introduction to the policy you have identified. Tell us what the policy is called and what it is trying to achieve (including the reasons you think the policy was written – what ideologies, values, history sit behind it).
Explain how it relates to your chosen research topic.
Homework 2
• Start to identify your field of research. You need to build up a clear understanding of what knowledge currently exists about your chosen research topic:
Who are the seminal researchers in your field of study? (e.g. Which researchers’ publications are frequently being cited by others in your field)
Who has published research in your field of study since 2015?
What journals do researchers in your field of study tend to publish in?