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Research Methods in Education

Objectives

a) Acquisition of systematic comprehension skills of issues and problematics in Education
b) To understand the evolution of general concepts of science, objectivity, theory and accuracy
c) To understand ethical theories and issues in Education research
d) To understand the use of different types of methodologies (descriptive, experimental, exploratory, qualitative) within the Educational Sciences framework
e) To acquire critical analysis skills, to assess and to synthetize new and complex ideas concerning research in Education
f) Enabling the development of research that deserves national and international divulgation
g) Acquisition of communication skills with peers, the academic community and society about the issues and questions related to Educational Sciences
h) Acquisition of bibliographic research skills

General characterization

Code

73221101

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Francisco José Brito Peixoto

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n.a.

Bibliography

Amado, J. (Org.). (2013). Manual de investigação qualitativa em educação. Coimbra: Imprensa da UC.
Bakeman, R., & Gottman, J. M. (1997). Observing interaction: An introduction to sequential analysis (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2011). Research methods in education (7th ed.). London, New York: Routledge Falmer.
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of qualitative research (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Marczyk, G., DeMatteo D., & Festinger, D. (2005). Essentials of research design and methodology. New Jersey: Wiley.

Teaching method

Theoretical and Practical Seminars: Students are encouraged to read the recommended bibliography, and to participate actively in the discussions and exercises to be carried out in the classroom.

Evaluation method

Assignement about a research report(30%), Assignments about References and Scientific Writing(20%), Research Pre-project(50%)

Subject matter

Available soon