So230 Methodological workshop

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
So230/KombiSem01: Fri 11. 10. 14:00–18:50 učebna 20, Fri 1. 11. 14:00–18:50 učebna 22, D. Klapko
So230/01: Tue 15:00–15:50 učebna 27, D. Klapko
Prerequisites
The content of the course is the philosophical and theoretical anchoring of research methods, the creation of a research design, the application of methodological tools (especially within discursive approaches), training in the skill of writing research reports, critical evaluation of the possibilities and limits of research methods, usability for social scientific research.
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 subject is based on specific analyzes of research data. The skills acquired in this subject are aimed at the creation of bachelor's and diploma theses.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to: • present research based on theoretical anchoring, • describe the differences between quantitative and qualitative methodological research, • lead a discussion about the research paradigm, • analyze written materials, • apply methodological tools to the research of social and educational phenomena, • critically evaluate the validity of research data, • create a research design and write research reports.
Syllabus
  • 1. The place of Social education in the system of pedagogical sciences. 2. The concept and limits of social science in comparison with the concept of natural science. 3. Qualitatively oriented research paradigm (philosophical starting points, concepts, examples of research methods). 4. Quantitatively oriented research paradigm (philosophical starting points, concepts, examples of research methods). 5. Research in critical research (goals, subject of research, influence on social reality). 6. Creation of research design, creation of problematic questions, methods of data collection. 7. Writing a research report, interpretation of research data, controversy over the results of the investigation.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost : příručka pro uživatele. 4. nezměněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2011, 372 stran. ISBN 9788024619668. URL info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Critical discourse analysis : the critical study of language. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman, 2010, 591 s. ISBN 9781405858229. info
  • STRAUSS, A. L., & CORBIN, J. M. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Proce-dures for Developing Grounded Theory. Sage Publicati-ons. 1998. info
  • KERLINGER, Freed N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum : Foundations of behavioral research : educational and psychological inquiry (Orig.). Translated by V. Smékal. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info
Teaching methods
workshop and discussion.
Assessment methods
sample research analysis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1703
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1703
Attendance at the course is compulsory, the output for graduation is the creation of data analysis, data interpretation and polemics in the scope of five pages of text.
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