Discuss the limitations of the method(s) chosen

Dont forget that you will need to fully reference all works cited (used indirectly, referred to and quoted from). Make sure you note all the necessary bibliographic details when you first read the books, especially page numbers for direct quotations which should be given in the text (see ‘References below). Its a real nuisance and a waste of valuable writing time to have to hunt for these in the library at a later stage. Also, use single rather than double quotation marks for short quotations and indent longer extracts (which may be single-spaced) without quotation marks. This is the point at which you finalise your research questions or objectives.
· Methodology and Methods – Here you will be expected to locate your study in the context of the literature on research philosophy, paradigms of inquiry, research strategy and methods. Describe the methods you chose to collect data/explore your topic and explain your choice. It is important that your approach and the methods chosen are appropriate to the research questions or objectives and that you demonstrate awareness of other methods and approaches. Discuss the limitations of the method(s) chosen. NB You may decide to keep your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of your own methodology until your ‘Conclusion.
· Results / Findings/Data Analysis – Description of what you found out, an account of the information/data you gathered. By all means make this a narrative (like a story), making use of the interesting bits from your data collection, giving more detailed stuff in one or more appendices.
· Discussion – Putting the findings in the context of previous research and/or theory, testing/generating explanations/hypotheses, ie. have you confirmed your expectations and those of other researchers in the field or have you found something different/new/contradictory/anomalous? Can you make sense of your findings? Can you offer some sort of explanation, however tentative? What are the professional/practical/political implications of your findings?
· Conclusion – Summarise what you have achieved in terms of the research and its implications. Make sure you address your research questions/objectives and make sure the conclusions emerge from the research.
· Critically evaluate your research – what are its strengths and what are its weaknesses? What would you do differently? What have you learnt about the topic, about doing research and about Education itself?
· Self evaluation. The focus of this section should be you reflecting on your own learning. (this section should take the least number of pages)