DKKP_P_04 DKKP_P_K4

Doctoral seminar 4 (research design)


SPRING 2023 UPDATE

Conditions for successful completion of the seminar:

1) Attendance of 50% of the lessons (see semester schedule*), of which participation in the
Speaking Digital symposium** is mandatory.

2) Ongoing performance of tasks associated with the implementation of the Speaking Digital
symposium (see below) within the specified deadlines.

3) Submission of the PPT or video presentation for the Speaking Digital symposium to the
appropriate homework vaults.

4) Handing in the document with the reading list*** to the Homework vaults by the specified date.


*JS 2023 semester schedule

22. 02. Introductory lesson: Conditions for completing the course, organization of the semester,
assignments.

08. 03. The seminar takes place

22. 03. The seminar takes place

29. 03. (Daňkovice) Speaking Digital 03

05. 04. The seminar takes place: Evaluation of the symposium and recapitulation of tasks to end the
course.

19. 04. Lessons are cancelled

03. 04. Lessons are cancelled


**Speaking Digital

Tasks and deadlines associated with the organization of the symposium:

Step 1) Title and annotation:

Deadline: 03/07/2023

Embed HERE.

Step 2) Speaking Digital Symposium 03

Date: 28-30 March 2023

Location: Daňkovice, Selský dvůr: https://www.selskydvur.net/

(Exact date and time to be determined.)

Contribution: 15 minutes of presentation (with ppt) + discussion

If you are unable to attend the symposium, upload a video of your presentation to the relevant
Homework vaults by 3/26/2023.

Step 3) Inserting the PPT into the relevant subject drop-in office and evaluating the symposium in
class (April 5, 2023).


*** Semester reading list

Submitting a list of literature and sources

- About 5 monographs or 10 studies, recommended range 10 standard pages.

- Put the latest version of the document in the subject Homework vaults in IS MU.

- DEADLINE: 1/9/2023 incl.

- Your supervisors evaluate your performance and enter the evaluation into IS MU.

- Document structure:

o Introductory page (subject name and semester; name and UČO; name of doctoral project;
supervisor's name);

o a list of studied literature and sources: bibliographic record of the study/monograph, a
paragraph with a description of the content (approx. 200–300 words), comment: how the text can be
used for the dissertation project.

****Research design – methodological balance (linked to subject DKKP_TH_02)

Submission of the *research design – methodological text* to the DKKP_TH_02 subject Homework vaults
by the set deadline DEADLINE: 30/06/2023

- Range: approx. 10 to 20 NS.

- Document structure:

o Introductory page (name of subject and semester; name and UČO; name of doctoral project; name of
supervisor);

o Brief presentation of the research goal;

o Description and brief critique of research methods used so far in the given area (or related
areas) with reference to key outputs (publications);

o Presentation of the own research method, its justification with regard to the set goals,
criticism (benefits, risks);

o Procedure (how the chosen method will be applied, step by step);

o Appendix: Mind map? Graphic representation of the research field and your movement in it;

o Literature and sources.

This is a methodological text, which ideally will become the basis for writing the methodological
chapter of the dissertation. Consult the text with your supervisors.