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Methodology of Research in social Studies

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Course ID: 2403-PE-121-s1
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (0110) Education, not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Methodology of Research in social Studies
Name in Polish: Metodologia badań społecznych
Organizational unit: Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
Course groups: (in Polish) Pedagogika I rok s1, sem. letni
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Prerequisites:

no exist

Total student workload:

Lecture:

1. Hours with the participation of the teacher - 15 hours

2. Time devoted to individual work of a student / student / participant of the course needed to successfully complete the course:

- literature analysis, development of examples of research projects for schemes - 20 hours

3. The time required to prepare for and participate in the assessment process (eg in the exam) - 15 hours

TOTAL: 50 hours = 2 ECTS


Exercises:

1. Hours with the participation of the teacher - 15 hours

2. Consultation with the teacher - 5 hours

3. Time devoted to the individual work of a student / student / participant of the course needed to successfully complete the course:

- reading literature - 15 hours

- completion of final assignments - 20 hours

4. Time required to prepare for and participate in the assessment process - 20


TOTAL: 75 hours = 3 ECTS

In total for the subject - 5 ECTS

Learning outcomes - knowledge:

W12: has knowledge of designing and conducting research in pedagogy, in particular about research problems, methods, techniques and research tools; knows the basic paradigmatic traditions of social research from which individual methods are derived

Learning outcomes - skills:

U05: has research skills allowing to analyze research examples as well as construct and conduct simple pedagogical research; is able to formulate conclusions, develop and present the results (with the use of ICT) and indicate the directions of further research

Learning outcomes - social competencies:

K01: is aware of the level of their knowledge and skills, understands the need for continuous professional training and personal development, performs self-assessment of own competences and improves skills, sets the directions of own development and education

Teaching methods:

Lecture are held on-line, on the teams platform and are synchronous in their entirety. The work consists in part of the transfer of knowledge in the form of a lecture, solving tasks with the textbook included in the teams files, joint designing of fragments of an empirical study. These forms of activity will test the learning outcomes.

Observation/demonstration teaching methods:

- display

Expository teaching methods:

- description
- informative (conventional) lecture
- participatory lecture
- problem-based lecture

Exploratory teaching methods:

- experimental
- laboratory

Online teaching methods:

- cooperation-based methods
- evaluative methods
- exchange and discussion methods
- games and simulations
- methods referring to authentic or fictitious situations

Short description:

The student who will take part in this lecture will learn to plan empirical research in individual strategies, types and patterns.

Full description:

1. Introduction: methodology structure

2. Planning the study

3. Research strategies: quantitative and qualitative

4. Types of research: theoretical and practical

5. Research designs: experimental, quasi-experimental, correlation, ethnographic, historical and case study.

6. Conceptualization (variables) and problematisation (theories in the study)

7. Operation operation (selection of indicators, research questions and hypotheses).

Bibliography:

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English-speaking work materials in teams files and

Research Methods in Education, Louis Coen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison. RoutledgeFalmer Taylor@Francis Group London and New York 2005 and next

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Written exam of the lecture: questions to check the knowledge and tasks to check its application. Eggzamin will buzz online with cameras running, synchronous.

Practical placement:

not aplicable

Classes in period "Summer semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2022-02-21 - 2022-09-30
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Type of class:
Lecture, 15 hours more information
Tutorial, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Rubacha
Group instructors: Krzysztof Rubacha
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Tutorial - Grading

Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2023-02-20 - 2023-09-30
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Type of class:
Lecture, 15 hours more information
Tutorial, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Rubacha
Group instructors: Magdalena Cuprjak, Krzysztof Rubacha
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Tutorial - Grading

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-20 - 2024-09-30
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Type of class:
Lecture, 15 hours more information
Tutorial, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Rubacha
Group instructors: Emilia Aksamit, Krzysztof Rubacha
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Tutorial - Grading

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2025-02-24 - 2025-09-30
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 15 hours more information
Tutorial, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: Krzysztof Rubacha
Group instructors: Krzysztof Rubacha
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Tutorial - Grading
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