This course exposes students to the positivists approach and/or philosophy of conducting research in education. It is aimed at helping students to acquire knowledge and skills in educational enquiry including designing and conducting relevant educational research and writing the report. The course takes students through the research process; from problem formulation, literature review and the various research designs in educational research to the research report writing. Validity and reliability issues in instrumentation and data collection are dealt with. Research proposal writing is also discussed and students are expected to demonstrate their knowledge by presenting a draft proposal for their thesis at the end of the course.