About the Workshop
Research - the key to growth and development in South Africa. Research – the key to organisational and individual development. We have been reared in the belief that research is difficult. It is not. It is a discipline that requires organised thinking. Anyone who develops good training material has gone a long way toward mastering that organised thinking.
Research made easy! is a three-day workshop designed for the professional ETD Practitioner. Gray Training’s long experience and academic insight has resulted in a world-beating workshop that gives you the insight and expertise to be a top-class researcher. It slots neatly into our Gray Training Certificate in Training Management programme.
When you leave this valuable training programme you will be able to:
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Define your research problem
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Develop your research hypotheses
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Choose the best research methodology
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Plan the research project
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Develop data gathering instruments
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Collect your data through fieldwork
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Analyse your data
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Write up the research report.
Unit Standards
The portfolio requirements
for Unit Standard 10301 Complete a research assignment, require that you demonstrate
your knowledge and ability in the following outcomes:
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Plan a research assignment
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Review relevant literature
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Construct a basic research design
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Gather and organise data
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Compile your research findings
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Produce a final research report.
This standard is set at NQF 6 and earns 20 credits.
Methodology
This is a fully experiential 3-day workshop. You’ll be led through the theory and will then practise what you have learnt. You’ll begin by isolating your own research problems and sub-problems. Then you’ll concentrate on creating hypotheses to test these research problems. Next you’ll concentrate on developing your research methodology. Here the focus is on choosing the right research approach that will guide the development of your research instruments and collection methods. Once your methodology has been bedded down you’ll develop research instruments.
While you are on the workshop, the focus is upon solving your research problem.
You’ll have the opportunity to do this through interactive individual
and group learning activities. The value add offered by the workshop is that
with the help of fellow learners and your facilitator you’ll develop
the blueprint for your own research project. When you leave you’ll be
well on your way to developing your own research project – and to completing
your post-course Portfolio of Evidence.
Your Learning Journey
Research Made Easy! covers
the following modules:
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What is Research?
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Define your research problem
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Select and apply appropriate research methodologies
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Design your research instruments
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Collect your data
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Analyse your data
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Evaluate the research process
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Design and implement a research action plan
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Write your research report.