SPPd0015 Research in Social Work 2

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Execute a project of a case study devoted to complex understanding of single case (entity, institution, organization, situation, episode, story etc.) prepared to execution
Learning outcomes
students’ experience and methodological view of researching single item with the intention to understand its complexity and unique features, and hence producing knowledge applicable to solving problems of single subject or social grouping; contribution to dissertation methodology; academic publication on the topic of the dissertation
Syllabus
  • empirical investigation of the selected single case; analysis and interpretation of findings; elaborating a contribution to the methodology of the dissertation; elaborating an academic publication on single case study results
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HARLING, K., LAURIER, W., (2002) An Overview of Case Study. (Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Long Beach, California, July 27, 2002.)
  • YIN, Robert K. Case study research : design and methods. 5th ed. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2014, xxviii, 28. ISBN 9781483302003. info
  • STAKE, Robert E. The art of case study research. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1995, xv, 175. ISBN 9780803957664. info
Teaching methods
discussing and consulting with the teacher of the subject and the supervisor; homework; autonomous research work
Assessment methods
the subject teacher as well as supervisor feedback to interpreting finding of single case study; feedback to preparing manuscript of an academic article; accepting an academic publication by a publisher; accepting an academic publication by a publisher registered by WOS or SCOPUS
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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