PdF:PDR_VPR The research practicum - Course Information

PDR_VPR The research practicum

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 30 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Píšová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Michaela Píšová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Education (programme PdF, D-PD4) (2)

Course objectives

The course objective is to develop students´research competence, in the field of empirical research in particular. The integral part of the course is clinical practice during which stundents work in educational institutions either as researchers or teachers-researchers.

Syllabus

• Questionnaire
• Interview
• Observation

Literature

• Duff, P. A. Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics. New York : Erlbaum, 2008.
• Švec, Š a kol. Metodologie věd o výchově. 2. vyd. Brno: Paido, 2009.
• Tippelt, R. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Bildungsforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2005.
• Keeves, J. P. Educational Research, Methodology, and Measurement: An International Handbook. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd, 2004.
• Dörnyei, Z. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methodologies (Oxford Applied Linguistics). Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Guidère, M. Méthodologie de la recherche : Guide du jeune chercheur en Lettres, Langues, Sciences humaines et sociales. Paris : Ellipses Marketing, 2004.
• JANÍK, Tomáš, Tina SEIDEL and Petr NAJVAR. Introduction: On the Power of Video Studies in Investigating Teaching and Learning. In JANÍK, Tomáš and Tina SEIDEL. The Power of Video Studies in Investigating Teaching and Learning in the Classroom. 1st ed. Münster: Waxmann, 2009, p. 7-19. Empirische Bildungsforschung. ISBN 978-3-8309-2208-7. info
• GASS, Susan M. and Alison MACKEY. Data elicitation for second and foreign language research. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007, x, 212. ISBN 9780805860351. info
• DANIELOVÁ, Kateřina. Jan Hendl: Kvalitativní výzkum. Základní metody a aplikace. (Jan Hendl: Qualitative Research. Basic Methods and Applications). Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2006. info
• HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat : analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vydání druhé, opravené. Praha: Portál, 2006, 583 stran. ISBN 8073671239. info
• Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning. Edited by Eli Hinkel. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005, xxii, 1144. ISBN 0805841814. info
• MACKEY, Alison and Susan M. GASS. Second language research : methodology and design. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005, xv, 405. ISBN 0805842497. info
• Slovník pedagogické metodologie. Edited by Josef Maňák - Vlastimil Švec - Štefan Švec. 1. vydání. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 2005, 134 stran. ISBN 8073151022. info
• 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
• FEYERABEND, Paul K. Rozprava proti metodě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 2001, 430 s. ISBN 8072990470. info
• Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Edited by Thomas S. Kuhn. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997, 206 s. ISBN 80-86005-54-2. info
• KERLINGER, Fred N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info

Teaching methods

lecture, discussion, clinical practice

Assessment methods

Credit - students submit a research report and present the results of their research followed by a group discussion.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.

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