FF:PGK21A32 Method. of Educ. Science - Course Information

PGK21A32 Methodology of Educational Science

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PGK11A11 Intro. to the hist. of educ. && PGK11A12 Gen. Educ. Science

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Education (programme FF, B-PD)

Course objectives

This course is an introduction to the issues of pedagogical research. It enables the students to understand the process of empirical scholarly attitude to reality. It examines the difference between the qualitative and quantitative research and provides students with basic insight into the pros and cons of various methodological procedures, their validity and reliability. At the end of the course students should be able to: critically evaluate adequacy of the research design and evaluate methodological relevance of the research.

Syllabus

• Educational sciences as social science.
• Contemporary trends in educational research in the Czech republic and in the world.
• Model of empirical science.
• Process of empirical research.
• Hypothesis, verification and falsification of hypotheses. Statistical testing.
• Operationalization.
• Measurement, validity and reliability.
• Main research designs: survey, experimental research, action research, testing etc.
• Theoretical methods.

Literature

• PELIKÁN, Jiří. Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 270 s. ISBN 9788071845690. info
• Úvod do metodologie psychologického výzkumu :jak zkoumat lidskou duši. Edited by Ján Ferjenčík - Petr Bakalář. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2000, 255 s. ISBN 80-7178-367-6. info
• STRAUSS, Anselm and Juliet CORBINOVÁ. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu : postupy a techniky metody zakotvené teorie. Vyd. 1. Boskovice: Albert, 1999, 196 s. ISBN 80-85834-60-X. info
• CHRÁSKA, Miroslav. Základy výzkumu v pedagogice. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1998, 257 s. ISBN 8070677988. info
• GAVORA, Peter. Výzkumné metody v pedagogice : příručka pro studenty, učitele a výzkumné pracovníky. Brno: Paido, 1996, 130 s. ISBN 808593115X. info
• CHRÁSKA, Miroslav. K současným trendům pedagogického výzkumu ve světě. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1995, 48 s. ISBN 8070674695. info
• DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost : příručka pro uživatele. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 374 stran. ISBN 8070668229. info
• DITTRICH, Pavel. Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika. Vyd. 2., upr. Jinočany: H & H, 1993, 121 s. ISBN 80-85467-06-2. info
• RYS, Slavomír. Hospitace v pedagogické praxi. Vyd. 3. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988. info
• KERLINGER, Freed N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum : Foundations of behavioral research : educational and psychological inquiry (Orig.). Translated by V. Smékal. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info

Assessment methods

Lectures, exercises. Final test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• PG31A39 Methods and Techniques of Pedagogical Research

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf

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