Singapore University of Social Sciences

ECE306 Early Childhood Research Methods introduce the most common qualitative and quantitative methods in the early childhood context that are suited to investigating research questions that go beyond informing practitioner decisions in the classroom. Emphasis is on generating different kinds of research questions that are related to more macro early childhood programme and policy-related issues, and also children’s voices. Students enhance their research reading skills while identifying the possibilities and limitations of different research methodologies. They read published research and examine the strengths and limitations of research designs and begin to develop a research proposal, focusing on the logic of the design.