Course: Action Research

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Course title Action Research
Course code USP/Z9AV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pospíšilová Helena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Action research in pedagogy: specifics, current concept. - Areas of application of action research in pedagogical practice. - Levels of application of action research in pedagogical practice. - General methodological approaches to implementing action pedagogical research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed, integrated). - Plan and procedure of implementation of action research in pedagogy. - Methods of action research in pedagogy. - Specific tools and their application in action pedagogical research. - Data collection and recording for action pedagogical research. - Selected procedures of data analysis within action pedagogical research. - Presentation of action pedagogical research results and their application in practice. - Cooperation with experts as a basis for action pedagogical research in practice. - Basic requirements for the quality of action research in pedagogy. - Examples of practical implementation of action research in pedagogy. - Challenges and current topics for action research in pedagogy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Text analysis
  • Participation in classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 4 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
define action research characterise the theoretical framework of action research identify areas of application of action research in educational practice describe the methodological procedures of action research describe specific action research tools
define action research characterise the theoretical framework of action research identify areas of application of action research in educational practice describe the methodological procedures of action research describe specific action research tools
Skills
collect data for action research purposes process data for action research purposes use methodological procedures of action research evaluate the results of action pedagogical research present the results of action pedagogical research and their application to practice
collect data for action research purposes process data for action research purposes use methodological procedures of action research evaluate the results of action pedagogical research present the results of action pedagogical research and their application to practice
teaching methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Skills
Text analysis
Text analysis
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Written examination
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Text analysis
Text analysis
Recommended literature
  • Bradbury, H. The SAGE handbook of action research: edited by Hilary Bradbury (Third edition). Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015.
  • HENDL, J. Kvalitativní výzkum: základní metody a aplikace. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-040-2.
  • Johnson, A. P. A short guide to action research (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008.
  • Klapko, D. Analysis of National and Cultural Indentity Educational Programmes with Examples of Good Practice. Czech-polish historical and pedagogical journal, 7(2), 72-90.. 2015.
  • Maňák, J., Švec, V. (eds.). Cesty pedagogického výzkumu. Brno: Paido, 2004.
  • Šeďová, K., Švaříček, R., Sedláček, M., & Šalamounová, Z. Jak se učitelé učí: cestou profesního rozvoje k dialogickému vyučování. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016.
  • Wiegerová, A. The careers of young Czech University teachers in the Field of Pedagogy. Zlín: UTB, 2016.


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