How can I gain access to schools or other educational settings in order to do research?
An excellent question, to which we wish there was an easy answer. More details on how to develop and conduct an effective programme of research will come in the course of your studies, but it is worth being aware early on of the access problems which can arise. The MA DTCE is a research-based Masters’. In your dissertation – perhaps sooner, if you take certain optional course units – you are expected to conduct some kind of research work “in the field”. This can take many forms but one route that many students wish to take is to investigate the impact of digital educational technology in some kind of actual educational setting: in other words, a school, college or training room. The main problem with such research is securing permission to do it, particularly if you want to do research with children. It becomes easier if you choose to do this in an organisation for which you already work, but even then you should seek permission, and this may still be a time-consuming task. Do not unde
