THE MODEL OF COMPETENCIES
The Model of competencies: The program sets the main competences to become a good researcher in the educational field, this competences origin from the books:
- Corbetta, P. (1999). Metodologie e Tecniche della Ricerca Sociale
- Creswell, J. W. (2008). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- APA (2009). APA Manual VI edition
The competencies model will be revised and agreed by each participant of the PAPER program.
The model of competencies
As a Researcher,
Regarding the identification of a research Problem:
Understanding the importance of the research problem
Understanding the characteristics of the research problem
Understanding the difference of the research problem in quantitative and qualitative research
Ability to write a research problem statement
Reviewing the literature:
Understanding what is a literature review
Understanding which are the differences of a literature review for quantitative and qualitative research
Ability to identify key terms
Understanding how to locate literature
Understanding how to critically evaluate and select the literature
Understanding how to organize literature
Ability to write a literature review
Specifying a Purpose and Research Questions or Hypothesis:
Understanding what is a purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective
Understanding the importance of purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective
Understanding in variables specification
Ability to write a quantitative purpose statement
Ability to write a quantitative research question
Ability to write a quantitative hypothesis
Understanding the differences of purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective in quantitative and qualitative research
Understanding of the central phenomenon in qualitative research
Ability to write qualitative purpose statements
Ability to write qualitative research questions
Collecting quantitative data:
Understanding of how to identify the unit of analysis
Ability to identify the unit of analysis
Understanding of how to specify population and sample
Understanding the permission you need to do research
Understanding the value of ethical issue
Understanding how to specify variable from research questions and hypotheses
Understanding how to operationally define each variable
Understanding how to choose types of data and measures
Ability to specify population and sample
Ability to specify variable from research questions and hypotheses
Ability to operationally define each variable
Ability to choose types of data and measures
Understanding of which instrument will be used to collect data
Understanding how to search an instrument
Ability to search an instrument
Understanding criteria to choose an instrument
Understanding interval/ratio scales
Understanding standardization
Regarding the analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative data:
Understanding how to score the data
Understanding how to determine the types of scores to analyze
Understanding how to select a statistical program
Understanding how to input the data
Ability in scoring the data
Ability in determining the types of scores to analyze
Ability in selecting a statistical program
Regarding the analysis of data:
Understanding how to conduct descriptive analysis
Understanding how to conduct inferential analysis
Regarding the report of the results:
Understanding how to use tables
Understanding how to use figures
Understanding how to present results
Ability to use tables
Ability to use figures
Ability to present results
Regarding the discussion of the results:
Understanding how to summarize the major results
Understanding how to explain the occurrence of results
Understanding how to explain limitations
Understanding how to suggest future research
Ability to summarize the major results
Ability to explain the occurrence of results
Ability to explain limitations
Ability to suggest future research
Collecting Qualitative data:
Understanding the process of qualitative data collection
Understanding participants and sites to use
Ability to sample participant or sites
Understanding the information to collect
Understanding the different instruments to collect data
Ability to use different instruments to collect data
Understanding Ethical issues in data collection
Understanding how to record data
Understanding what protocols are
Understanding the importance of protocols
Understanding how to administer data collection
Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data:
Understanding how to analyze qualitative data
Understanding how to prepare and organize the data analysis
Ability in organizing data
Ability in transcribe data
Ability to analyze data by hand or computer
Ability to use qualitative computer program
Understanding how to explore and code data in analysis
Understanding how to use codes to build description and themes
Ability to build description and themes
Ability to connect themes
Understanding how to represent and report findings
Understanding how to interpret findings
Ability to summarize findings
Ability to convey personal reflection
Ability to make comparison to the literature
Ability to offer limitation and suggestion for future research
Reporting and Evaluating research:
Understanding what is a research reports and articles
Understanding the audience of reports and articles
Understanding the quality of your research
Understanding the types of research reports
Understanding types of articles
Understanding the Empirical study type
Understanding the literature review type
Understanding the Theoretical type
Understanding the methodological type
Understanding case studies
Understanding ethical and legal standards in publishing
Understanding ethical and legal standards to protect participants
Understanding ethical and legal standards to protect Intellectual property rights
Understanding manuscript structure and content
Understanding how to write clearly and Concisely
Understanding how to organize writing
Understanding writing style
Understanding how to reduce bias in language
Understanding the mechanics of style
Understanding punctuation
Understanding spelling
Understanding capitalization
Understanding italic
Understanding abbreviation
Understanding the use of numbers
Understanding Metrication
Understanding statistical symbols
Understanding how to display results
Understanding the publication process
Understanding the editorial process
Understanding author responsibilities
Model of competencies for specifics research designs
Conducting research
Understanding what is an experiment and what are the key characteristics
Understanding the different types of experimental design
Understanding steps in conducting experimental research
Understanding how to evaluate experimental research
Understanding what is a correlational design and what are the key characteristics
Understanding the different types of Correlational design
Understanding steps in conducting correlational studies
Understanding how to evaluate correlational studies
Understanding what is a survey design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of surveys
Understanding how to construct and analyze a questionnaire
Ability to design and analyze a questionnaire
Understanding how to design and conduct an interview
Ability to design and analyze an interview
Understanding steps in conducting education survey research
Understanding how to evaluate survey research
Ability to conduct a survey research
Understanding what is a grounded theory design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of grounded theory designs
Understanding steps in conducting grounded theory researches
Understanding how to evaluate grounded theory researches
Ability to conduct grounded theory researches
Understanding what is an ethnographic design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of ethnographic designs
Understanding steps in conducting ethnographic research
Understanding how to evaluate ethnographic research
Ability to conduct ethnographic researches
Understanding what is a narrative research design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of a narrative research design
Understanding steps in conducting a narrative research design
Understanding how to evaluate a narrative research design
Ability to conduct a narrative research design
Understanding what is a mixed methods design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of a mixed methods design
Understanding steps in conducting a mixed methods design
Understanding what are the steps in conducting quanti-qualitative research
Understanding how to evaluate a mixed methods design
Ability to conduct a mixed methods design
Understanding the connections between the mixed method approach and the collection of quantitative and qualitative data.
Understanding mixed methods sampling techniques.
Understanding what is an action research design and what are key characteristics
Understanding the different types of an action research design
Understanding steps in conducting an action research design
Understanding how to evaluate an action research design
Ability to conduct an action research design