DCJN004 Research Methods in Education 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Janík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Institute for Research in School Education – 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 provides an introduction into nature of quantitative and qualitative methodology and into designing of research project in their field of Foreign Language Didactics.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able:
- to differentiate various types of research and research design;
- to propose and justify own research project;
- to reflect a follow methodological standard in the field.
Syllabus
  • Types of research in Educational Science / Didactics: basic and applied research and development, quantitative and qualitative research, strategic and action research, monodisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, laboratory and field research, transversal and longitudinal research etc.
  • Research designs typical for Educational Science: experiment, action research, case study, video study, questioning etc.
  • Planning, realizing and evaluating research in Educational Science.
  • Standards of (methodological) quality of inquiry in Educational Science.
Literature
    required literature
  • Tippelt, R. & Schmidt, B. (Eds.), (2010). Handbuch Bildungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2001). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
    recommended literature
  • Forschungsmethoden in der Fremdsprachendidaktik : ein handbuch. Edited by Daniela Caspari - Friederike Klippel - Michael Legutke - Karen Schramm. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto. viii, 476. ISBN 9783823368397. 2016. info
  • Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning. Edited by Eli Hinkel. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. xxii, 1144. ISBN 0805841814. 2005. info
Teaching methods
lecturing, discussing, project proposing and evaluation
Assessment methods
Evaluation of the dissertation project in written form and oral examination of methodological knowledge and skills.
Language of instruction
German
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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