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Monography

Objectives

- Acquisition of skills of understanding the issues and problems of Education;
- Acquisition of competencies, skills and methods of research in Education;
- Acquisition of skills to design and conduct an investigation respecting the requirements imposed by the international quality standards;
- Acquisition of the ability to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize new and complex ideas on scientific and social world in general, and the area of Education in particular;
- Acquisition of skills that allow them to communicate with their peers, the academic community and society in general about the scientific field of Education;
- Acquisition of the capacity, in a knowledge-based society, to promote technological, social or cultural progress, in the academic or professional contexts.
- Acquisition of skills attesting the ability to write and develop a research project in Education.

General characterization

Code

73221115

Credits

20.0

Responsible teacher

António Manuel Dias Domingos

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 560

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

Bardin, L. (1995). Análise de conteúdo. Lisboa: Eds. 70
Bogdan, R.; Bilken, S. (2004). Investigação qualitativa e educação – uma introdução à teoria e métodos. Porto: Porto Editora
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2000). Research methods in education (Fifth edition ed.). London: RoutledgeFlamer.
Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational Research. Planing, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th edition ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Krippendorf, K. (1985). Content analysis. An introduction to its methodology. Beverly Hills, California: SAGE Publications.

Teaching method

The syllabus will be addressed through the analysis and discussion of research work involving the different phases of the development of projects in progress. PhD students, in more advanced stages of their work, will be invited to share their experience with students of this Course. There will be moments of analysis and discussion of ongoing projects in order to make them more robust and consistent.

Evaluation method

Evaluation of the Course follows the presentation of the monograph, defended in public proof, according to the regulation of the Course. (100%)

Subject matter

- Development of research projects
- Literature review
- Issues of research and its definition
- Definition of objectives and research questions
- Methodological options deepening of the research methodologies used
- Drafting and defense of the project.