SODC003 Methodology 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Institute for Research in School Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Veličková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in School Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The subject is designed as a mandatory in the PhD study programme of Social Education.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The course provides an introduction into fundamental ways of inquiry in educational science, with respect to social pedagogy. Doctoral students are confronted with the following issues: object, method, language, theory, knowledge, etc. in educational science. Doctoral students will apply this knowledge in the field of academic research, but also in the field of everyday educational reality.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able:
- to acknowledge the specific nature of ways of inquiry in educational science;
- to reflect challenges linked with constituting the field of study and research methodology in educational science;
- to grasp the phenomena of educational reality through the language of education;
- to conceive and write an overview study related to the topic of the dissertation.
Syllabus
  • To understand (Verstehen) and to explain (Erklären) as fundamental ways of inquiry in educational science: "Geisteswissenschaften" and "Science" and their methodology: hermeneutic/idiographic and nomothetic approach.
  • Constituting the field of study in Educational Science: evolving Philosophy of Education, Educational Science, and Practical Pedagogy.
  • Educational Science in cooperation with Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology... and consequences for methodology – developing of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity.
  • Theory and practice relations and the nature of pedagogical knowledge: layman knowledge, practical professional knowledge, research-based knowledge; descriptive knowledge, explanatory knowledge, evaluative knowledge, knowledge for change, knowledge for improvement.
  • The language of education and Educational Science: words and terminology at the edge of natural language, professional language, and language of scientific disciplines (Educational Science, Foreign Language Didactics, Applied Linguistics).
Literature
    required literature
  • Maňák, J., Švec, V., & Švec, Š. (Eds.), (2005). Slovník pedagogické metodologie. Brno: Paido.
  • Ondrejkovič, P., & Majerčíková, J. (2012). Vysvetlenie, porozumenie a interpretácia v spoločenskovednom výskume. Bratislava: VEDA.
  • Fajkus, B. (2005). Filosofie a metodologie vědy. Vývoj, současnost a perspektivy. Praha: Academia.
  • Švec, Š. et al. (2009). Metodologie věd o výchově. Kvantitativně-scientistické a kvalitativně-humanitní přístupy v edukačním výzkumu. Brno: Paido.
  • Najvar, P., Najvarová, V., Janík, T. & Šebestová, S. (2011). Videostudie v pedagogickém výzkumu. Brno: Paido.
  • CRESWELL, John W. Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Fifth edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xxv, 275. ISBN 9781506386768. info
  • Tippelt, R. & Schmidt, B. (Eds.), (2010). Handbuch Bildungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • Pelikán, J. (2011). Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Hendl, J. (2005). Kvalitativní výzkum. Praha: Portál.
  • Švaříček, R., & Šeďová, K. et al. (2007). Kvalitativní výzkum v pedagogických vědách. Praha: Portál.
  • Brezinka, W. (2001). Východiska k poznání výchovy. Úvod k základům vědy o výchově, k filozofii výchovy a k praktické pedagogice. Brno: L. Marek.
  • Mareš, J. (2013). Přehledové studie: jejich typologie, funkce a způsob vytváření. Pedagogická orientace, 23(4), 427–454.
  • Gavora, P. (2010). Úvod do pedagogického výzkumu. Brno: Paido.
  • Novotná, H., Špaček, O., & Šťovíčková Jantarová, M. (2019). (Eds.), Metody výzkumu ve společenských vědách. Praha: FHS UK.
    recommended literature
  • Janíková, M. & Vlčková, K. et al. (2009). Výzkum výuky: tematické oblasti, výzkumné přístupy a metody. Brno: Paido. (kap. 1 a 2).
Teaching methods
lecturing, discussing, mapping state of the art.
Assessment methods
Colloquium: evaluation of the state of the art (review).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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