Educational Paths For Becoming an Educational Researcher

       Becoming an education researcher or educational researcher is a career option for individuals who have already finished with their undergraduate or bachelor's degree and are planning to take up master's degrees or doctorate degrees. Educational research involves the various methods that the individuals use in evaluating the different aspects of education including student learning, methods of teaching, teacher training, and classroom dynamics. Educational research is also described as the study of behavioral patterns that are related to learning in schools and other educational programs.

        I am current taking up a bachelor's degree in education, but I have heard about the career option of educational researcher so I researched and read some materials in the university library on how to become an education researcher. I have learned that a postgraduate degree such as a master's degree or doctorate degree is the primary educational approach for aspiring educational researchers. However, the individual should preferably be a graduate of an education related undergraduate degree and have had some working experience as a teacher, academic or educator.

        I also learned that an aspiring educational researcher should consider several factors when he is selecting a particular postgraduate degree program for educational researchers. The individual should select a postgraduate degree program that involves a comprehensive curriculum for the education and training of educational researchers. The curriculum should include knowledge and training for conducting studies and tests that use qualitative and quantitative methods of research, educational research and policy, the approaches in educational research, the methodology in educational research, and other necessary knowledge and skills.

        The postgraduate degree program should preferably include a dissertation or thesis project that involves a substantial research project. When you have completed the educational requirements and training for an education researcher, the primary work settings where you could work includes universities, non-government organizations, and government agencies.