Learning outcomes for this Assignment should be demonstrated throughout the proposal (but not in separate headings).

• Relate the role of educational research to building a knowledge bank to develop further understanding of early education issues.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the different philosophical underpinnings of social and educational research and their influences on how knowledge is gained.
• Demonstrate the ability to critique different methodologies associated with social and education research.
  Evaluate different methods of educational research and demonstrate how and if they relate to their own research study.
• Present a critical knowledge of a range of instruments of data collection (Research Tools) and demonstrate their ability to make informed and rationalized choices in the context of their own research study.
• Demonstrate insights into ethical implications related to social and educational research and the implications of these for their own research study.