Course: Selected Methods of Pedagogical Research

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Course title Selected Methods of Pedagogical Research
Course code USP/Z8VMV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Obonya Juraj, Mgr. PhD.
  • Pospíšilová Helena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Quantitative research and its principles. - Qualitative research and its principles. - Phases of quantitative research. - Phases of qualitative research. - Defining the research problem, objectives, questions, and hypotheses. - Selected data collection techniques in quantitative educational research. - Selected data collection techniques in qualitative educational research. - Evaluation of qualitative data. Coding. - Thematic analysis, ethnographic research, grounded theory. - Evaluation of quantitative data. Descriptive statistics. - Testing hypotheses: selected tests of statistical significance. Graphical processing. - Preparation of research results presentations. - Presentation of data in quantitative and qualitative research.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Text analysis
  • Participation in classes - 42 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 23 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
describe the principles of quantitative and qualitative research
describe the principles of quantitative and qualitative research
explain methods of collecting quantitative and qualitative data
explain methods of collecting quantitative and qualitative data
explain methods of quantitative and qualitative data analysis
explain methods of quantitative and qualitative data analysis
describe methods for reporting the results of research activities
describe methods for reporting the results of research activities
Skills
design data collection through questionnaire methods
design data collection through questionnaire methods
design data collection through interview methods
design data collection through interview methods
process quantitative data using descriptive statistics methods
process quantitative data using descriptive statistics methods
analyse data using qualitative research methods
analyse data using qualitative research methods
justify an adequate methodological approach to research activities
justify an adequate methodological approach to research activities
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Text analysis
Text analysis
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Field, A. P. Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics: and sex and drugs and rock'n'roll (4th ed.). London: SAGE, 2013.
  • Gavora, P. Úvod do pedagogického výzkumu. (2. vyd.).. Brno: Paido, 2010.
  • Hendl, J. Kvalitativní výzkum. Základní metody a aplikace. Praha: Portál, 2005.
  • HENDL, J., REMR, J. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1192-1.
  • Hendl, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat : analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-820-1.
  • Chráska, M., & Kočvarová, I. Kvantitativní design v pedagogických výzkumech začínajících akademických pracovníků. Zlín: UTB, 2014.
  • Chráska, M. Metody pedagogického výzkumu: základy kvantitativního výzkumu.. Praha: Grada, 2016.
  • Ochrana, F. Metodologie, metody a metodika vědeckého výzkumu.. Univerzita Karlova: Nakladateství Karolinum, 2019.
  • RABUŠIC, Ladislav, Petr SOUKUP a Petr MAREŠ. Statistická analýza sociálněvědních dat (prostřednictvím SPSS). Brno. 2019.
  • Švaříček, R.,& Šeďová, K. et al. Kvalitativní výzkum v pedagogických vědách. Praha: Portál, 2007.


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