SZ6631 Research in Education

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.5. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Květon, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. František Tůma, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Vlčková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Mgr. Jana Kratochvílová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Vlčková, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Vlčková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOWANY( SZ6031 Research in the Educational Practice )
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the specific form of research and its realization which is related to pedagogical staff (teachers, teachers’ assistants) and to acquire basic methodological knowledge and skills.
Learning outcomes
• Students will know fundamental approaches to school reality research (especially research of behaviour and attitudes of agents of school education and educational results). • They will be able to plan, realize, and evaluate a simple project of action research. • They will be able to choose a suitable method of data collection, research sample, and process of data analysis. • They will be able to analyse and interpret observed results and to present them both in written and oral form in a comprehensible way.
Syllabus
  • Content of seminars: 1. Research related to school practice. Basic approaches towards school reality research. Examples of realized research. Designs and types of research. Qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method research. 2. Research project – what I want to investigate (research question, hypotheses, variables), where, whom (selection and size of research sample), how (selection of data collection instruments based on research design, process of data collection, data analysis and evaluation using software), and when (time schedule). Validity, reliability. 3. Observation (observation schemes, evaluation, work with video-recordings, shadowing of teacher’s, headmaster’s or pupil’s work). Interview (interrogating techniques, functions of questions). Collection of documents and products of activities – content analysis. 4. Qualitative coding and data analysis. 5. Questionnaire and statistical analysis. 6. Poster presentation of quantitative data analysis. /// Portfolio tasks: Task 1: Qualitative data analysis report. Task 2: Quantitative data analysis report according to IMRAD and APA.
Literature
    required literature
  • Gall, J. P., Gall, M. D., & Borg, W. R. (2006). Educational Research: An Introduction. Pearson.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2014). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Pearson.
  • Field, A. (2013). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • APA (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. APA.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
    recommended literature
  • Examples of research TIMSS: http://timssandpirls.bc.edu
  • Johnson, R. B., Christensen, L. B. (2010). Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • PISA: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/
    not specified
  • Yin, R. K. (2013). Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (2007). Basics of Qualitative Research:Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Teaching methods
Lecture/seminars, individual study.
Assessment methods
Students fulfill 2 exercises (individual tasks) and submit them into the learning environment of the IS in electronic form. On their basis and on the basis of activities in lessons (reading for the specific teaching sessions and engagement into a discussion, preparation for lessons), and test, the exam is gained.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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