Firstly, with regards to the research paradigms topic, would we tie in the quantitative and qualitative approaches (the

summarised table) to elaborate on positivist vs interpretive and constructionist paradigms or is this too much info for a single question? Secondly, I have also found there is a lot of info on qualitative design like design types, data collection, interviews etc. Would all this be included or do we leave it as we have the statistics for quantitative and stick to the basics of approach, aim, research strategy, researchers role, advantages and criticisms? Lastly, do ethics and social constructionism fall under the evaluation of research designs topic?

I can't really give more information on the "paradigms" topic without giving away too much, but it seems like you're on the right track with your preparation. Regarding qualitative and qualitative designs - you do not need too much detail. A general understanding of how these two approaches affects the design decisions you need to make (and the broad differences in approach to generating knowledge) should be fine. You therefore do not need to worry too much about specific data collection and analysis procedures. Ethics is an important aspect of research design and can be included in the process of evaluating research. Social constructionism is more of a research paradigm / theoretical framework that informs knowledge production. For this area of the course content, you'd probably do better to focus on questions about validity, reliability and generalisability as they apply to quantitative and qualitative research.