SOCd0102 Methodological Seminar

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Pavel Barša, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. Werner Binder (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Slavomíra Ferenčuhová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Katrňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Kateřina Lišková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Monika Metyková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Steven Saxonberg, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. David Šmahel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
! SOC913 Methodological seminar && !NOW( SOC913 Methodological seminar )
SOCd0101 should have been completed prior to enrollment.
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
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Course objectives
The course assists students in the task of preparing a research proposal for their original research. The students then should be able to develop and precede other research projects. During the course students create and present their research proposals and comment on other students' work. The course closes with a public presentation of the dissertation plan and its defence. The course consists of three seminars and involves continuous study of the literature and ongoing work on a research project. The defense will be before a committee consisting of the instructor of this course, your advisor, and an assigned reviewer from the department. You will receive the reviewers' reports a few days before the defense. The defense is designed as a discussion.  The course has to be taken in the 3rd semester at the latest.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to explain the differences between the various methodological procedures of the social sciences, discuss the individual (often interrelated) steps of sociolgoical research, argue for the chosen method, and justify the use of specific steps and techniques.
Syllabus
  • The course assists students in the task of preparing a research proposal for their original research. The students then should be able to develop and precede other research projects. During the course students create and present their research proposals and comment on other students' work. The course closes with a public presentation of the dissertation plan and its defence. The defense will be before a committee consisting of the instructor of this course, your advisor, and an assigned reviewer from the department. You will receive the reviewers' reports a few days before the defense. The defense is designed as a discussion.   Course schedule       1. Introduction to course and requirements. General discussion of research proposals. Punch, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Praha, Portál, 2008, s. 35-50. Punch, Keith F., 2016. Developing Effective Research Proposals. SAGE. 2. Project presentation and discussion Becker, Howard Saul. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 3. Project presentation and discussion Massengill, Rebekah, P. Writing Sociology: A Guide for Junior Papers and Senior Theses, Department of Sociology, Princeton University.  http://sociology.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Writing_Sociology_Senior_Thesis_Guide_Final_Latest_Update.pdf The proposal structure might contain these sections: Current state of knowledge Goals and aims of the project Conceptual approach Methodology and methods Time plan Ethical issues Recommended literature: Massengill, Rebekah, P. Writing Sociology: A Guide for Junior Papers and Senior Theses, Department of Sociology, Princeton University. http://sociology.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Writing_Sociology_Senior_Thesis_Guide_Final_Latest_Update.pdf   Donatella Della Porta a Michael Keating (eds.) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.   Punch, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Praha, Portál, 2008, s. 35-50.   Punch, Keith F., 2016. Developing Effective Research Proposals. SAGE.   King, Gary, Robert Keohane a Sidney Verba. Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton, New Jersey, 1994, s. 128-149.   McNabb, David E. Research Methods for Political Science: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2004, s. 113-124, 189-205, 223-251 a 271-286.   Becker, Howard “The Epistemology of Qualitative Research” by Howard Becker.” In Ethnography and Human Development: Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry. University of Chicago Press. Jessor, Richard, Anne Colby, and Richard A. Shweder. 1996   Becker, Howard Saul. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.   Charmaz, Kathy. 2006. Constructing Grounded Theory. London; Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.   Glaser, Barney G, and Anselm L Strauss. 1965. Awareness of Dying, by Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss. Chicago: Aldine.   Creswell, John W., 2012. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. Third Edition. Sage Publications, Inc.   Przeworski Adam a Frank Salomon. “The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions.” SSRC, 1995. K dispozici na: http://fellowships.ssrc.org/art_of_writing_proposals/
Literature
  • Současná filosofie sociálních věd :multikulturní přístup. Edited by Brian Fay - Jana Ogrocká. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 80-86429-10-5. info
  • TRIGG, Roger. Understanding social science :a philosophical introduction to the social sciences. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001, ix, 270 s. ISBN 0-631-21872-6. info
  • SILVERMAN, David. Doing qualitative research : a practical handbook. 1st pub. London: Sage Publications, 2000, xv, 316. ISBN 0761958231. info
  • ELSTER, Jon. Nuts and bolts for the social sciences. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, viii, 184. ISBN 0521376068. info
  • BLAIKIE, Norman W. H. Approaches to social enquiry. 1st pub. Cambridge: Policy Press, 1995, x, 238. ISBN 0745611737. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, project presentation and defense in front of a committee
Assessment methods
Seminars. The final colloquium is based upon a defense of the research projects, evaluated by a committee.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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