Research Methods in Education

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Classes take a dynamic character, incorporating: 1) combination of magistral lessons, combining systematized knowledge and information presentations with critical analysis, based on texts and practical exercices; 2) data analysis, supported by specific software.Students can opt for continuous assessment or evaluation by final exam.

Students must be able to:

– develop a critical view of the disclosure of information supposedly objective and rigorous;

– pick up and appropriate the research design to the problem and the context from which it emerges;

-know the forms of identification, manipulation, control and measurement of variables; – choose, characterize and select the subjects to be used in research;

– consider the necessary conditions for a possible populational and ecological validation of the results;

– know the construction methods / suitability / choice of instrument collection data and their adjustment to the case of research;

– adjust the statistical tools for data processing to its nature and intentions of the study.

1. Features and functions of scientific knowledge

2. The steps of the research cycle

3. Elements and basic constructs of scientific research

4. Research Paradigms in Education

5. Data collection

6. Data Analysis

7.The Scientific Repport

8. Ethics in Scientific Research

• - Group work - written document with oral presentation - 50.0%
• - Frequency - 50.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

NAO

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