ZeD008 The Research Practicum

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
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
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 students work in educational institutions either as researchers or teachers-researchers.
Learning outcomes
Upon finishing the course the students will be able to use their own research experience to argue for specific research designs and methods and procedures in data collection and data analysis.
Syllabus
  • The course Field research draws directly upon compulsory courses in Methodology of research in pedagogy and Methodology of research in didactics of Geography. 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. Depending on the specialization of their dissertation projects, students will carry out partial research studies or relevant pre-research: they will choose a research problem and set aims of the research, decide on a suitable research design and on the basis of collected and interpreted data, draw conclusions and write a research report. Continuous reports and the final research report will be appropriately presented in joint seminars, with the aim to share and compare experience from the school field as a necessary condition for the development of a reflective potential of every students as well as for the development of their research competence.
Literature
  • Keeves, J. P. Educational Research, Methodology, and Measurement: An International Handbook. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd, 2004.
  • Švec, Š a kol. Metodologie věd o výchově. 2. vyd. Brno: Paido, 2009.
  • Tippelt, R. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Bildungsforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2005.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Slovník pedagogické metodologie. Edited by Josef Maňák - Vlastimil Švec - Štefan Švec. 1. vydání. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 2005, 134 stran. ISBN 8073151022. 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 can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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