Research Methods in Education

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The methodology to be used in this course is based on the exposition of information, reading and analysis of articles and practical research cases. Periodic assessment is carried out through an individual written test (60%) and group work (40%). The individual written test and exam questions are oriented to short, direct and multiple choice answers. The tests are quoted for 20 values.

It is intended that students at the end of this Course Unit will be able to:
1 – Arguing face to the rigor of information arising from the investigation process;
2 – Analyze scientific articles and analyse their methodological procedures;
3 – Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different paradigms of research in education and their complementarity;
4 – Make research methodological options;
5 – Choose the instruments and techniques that best suit the research problem and the context from which it emerges;
6 – Identify, manipulate, control and measure variables in a research process;
7 – Choose, characterize and select the sample of subjects;
8 – Analyze the data collected, linking the results with the theoretical support used

1 – Characteristics and functions of scientific knowledge;
2. The different stages of the research cycle;
3. Research paradigms in the field of Social Sciences;
4. Formulating an investigation problem;
5. Problems and hypotheses;
6. Manipulation, control and measurement of variables;
7. Internal and external validity;
8. Population: definition, characterization, determination of samples and sampling methods;
9. Classification of different studies;
10. Techniques and instruments for collecting, processing and analyzing data according to the research paradigm:
10.1. Observation, interview, questionaires, focus groups, world café, tests and scales
10.2. Content analysis
10.3. Descriptive and inferential statistics in education

• - Frequency - 60.0%
• - Individual and/or Group Work - 40.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

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