The Structure of Your Research Proposal 0. Title page (your research question, student number) 1. Research question, rationale, aims and objectives a) Introduce your research question and provide the rationale (the significance of the research problem – why you chose your topic & question and why it is important. You must NOT include any personal accounts.) b) Aim(s) and objectives (steps to achieve aim/aims) in bullet point format 2. Background and context (A summary of background information, key facts and recent debates on your topic. You can discuss relevant statistics, policy, legislation, and currently available research evidence) 3. Theory (Your theory and its relevance to your topic) 4. Methodology a) Description of your method (one of the 4 methods) b) Search criteria (database, search terms, types of material, period, language, geography, sample group, etc. could be in the form of inclusion/exclusion criteria) c) Ethics (for secondary research) 5. Completion Plan (Table or Gantt chart format outlining dates and tasks) 6. References (A minimum of 8 academic sources only journal articles and books are counted)
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