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Research guide 4 IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM A Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership CDEFINITION ? Research problems are educational issues or concerns studied by researchers ? In education a problem is a concern to educators th

IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM A Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership CDEFINITION ? Research problems are educational issues or concerns studied by researchers ? In education a problem is a concern to educators that exists in educational settings CAsk yourself ? To help locate your research problem for your thesis ask yourself such questions as ? What was the issue problem you want to study ? What is the concern being addressed ??behind ? this study ? Why do you want to undertake this study ? Why is this study important to the scholarly community CDEFINING TERMS ? Research Problem Educational issue problem in a study ? Research Topic Broad subject matter being addressed in a study ? Purpose Major intent or object of study ? Research Questions Questions to answer or address in a study CGeneral OVERVIEW Topic Research Problem Research Statement Research Questions Speci ?c CPROBLEM RESEARCHABILITY Will your research contribute to knowledge and practice ? It ?lls a void or extends existing research ? It replicates a study with new participants or a new site ? Problem has not be studied or understudied ? It gives ??voice ? to people not heard silenced or rejected in society ? It informs practice Accessed to people sites Time Resources and skills Therapy To prove what your already know CDESIGNING WRITING THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The research problem within this study Justi ?cation for the problem based on past research and practice Shortcoming of past research or practice The importance signi ?cance of the problem CGETTING STARTED ? Write down the purpose statement of your study ? Embedded in this purpose statement are key terms that will help you to start your literature review ? This part of the literature review searches for core literature and it should focus almost exclusively on empirical studies ? Look for studies similar to your problem statement in Australia ? Look for studies similar to your problem statement in other countries CLITERATURE PRIORITY PARENT RELATIONAL CORE CWHERE TO START Encyclopedia of educational research Alkin The appendix ? Doing library research in education ? is brilliant Handbooks International Handbooks of Educational Administration Educational Leadership Lifelong Learning etc quickly introduce you to the major players and research issues in your study Theses Overseas ?? Dissertation abstracts US computer disks British Dissertation abstracts Australia ?? Cunningham library ACER www acer edu au C Databases ERIC Educational Resources Information Centre www accesseric org world ? s largest source of information ?? one million abstracts Australian Education Index AUSINET Current index to journals in education and resources in education locate through ERIC Social Science Citation Index CDROM Online Journals anbar Google search engine CINITIAL ORGANISING THE LITERATURE ? Print out your research problem and research purpose statement in font size pt bold adhere to a place near your computer where your regularly see Do not be a dilettante You need to get a reasonably solid grasp of your proposed topic relatively quickly in order to focus or