DGA004 Research Methods in Education

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject introduces scientific thinking to students as essential for successful project planning, implementation and evaluation of educational research.
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 differentiate various types of research and research design;
- to propose and justify his/her own research project;
- to reflect a follow methodological standard in the field.
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 scientific language. Types of research in Educational Science: 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
  • COHEN, Louis, Lawrence MANION, Keith MORRISON and Richard BELL. Research methods in education. 7th ed. New York: Routledge, 2011, xxii, 758. ISBN 9780415583367. info
    not specified
  • FLICK, Uwe. An introduction to qualitative research. 5th ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2014, xxvii, 587. ISBN 9781446267790. info
  • CRESWELL, John W. Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. 4th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2014, 672 s. ISBN 9781292021126. info
  • MAXWELL, Joseph Alex. A realist approach for qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2012, xiii, 222. ISBN 9780761929239. info
  • SILVERMAN, David. Doing qualitative research : a practical handbook. 3rd ed. London ;: SAGE, 2010, xiv, 456. ISBN 9781848600348. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussion
Assessment methods
Evaluation of the dissertation project in written form and oral examination of methodological knowledge and skills.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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