Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is:
- to enable the students to use appropriate scientific and research approaches in school practice,
- to enable the students to use empirical quantitative and qualitative pedagogical research methods in school practice,
- to enable the students to carry out action research in school in a team or individually,
- to develop an interest for scientifically exploring their own pedagogical practice,
- to enable the students for writing research articles, seminar works, and final master’s thesis.
Content (Syllabus outline)
? The school teacher as a researcher.
? Evaluation and ensuring quality in education.
? Types of pedagogical research: theoretical, empirical, applicative/action, quantitative, qualitative and mixed.
? Phases of empirical research and scientific inference (scheme IMRD).
? Principles of scientific writing: systematic literature review, guidelines for summarizing and citing references (APA standard), plagiarism.
? Ways of collecting the data and measurement tools (especially about how to run surveys and interviews, observation, case study).
? Ways of analysing the quantitative data (measures of mean values, variation measures, distribution measures, correlation measures, testing hypothesis of independence about the differences/ correlations between variables) and the qualitative data (content analysis).
? Computer analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data.
? Characteristics of quality pedagogical research: assessing validity, reliability, and objectivity of research.
? Structure, approaches and advises for writing a seminar work, final thesis, and research paper for publication.
Learning and teaching methods
? Higher education lectures,
? Tutorial
? discussion,
? case method,
? collaborative learning,
? didactical use of informational and communication technology.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to
? know and understand basic methodological concepts and approaches of research in pedagogical practice,
? use scientific framework, research techniques, approaches of data collection and data analysing in quantitative and qualitative research,
? use software programmes of SPSS and NVivo for quantitative or qualitative data analysis,
? make distinction between a high-quality research in education practice from research, which leads to inadequate interferences,
? write a research paper based on the theoretical/ empirical/ applicative research,
? critically evaluate and promote development of research competences by themselves, their colleagues, and pupils in school.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
On completion of this course the student will be able to
? critically evaluate and promote development of research competences by themselves, their colleagues, and pupils in school,
? use software programmes for quantitative or qualitative data analysis,
demonstrate a competence of professional writing skills and the use of a foreign language.
Readings
Cencič, M. (2009). Kako poteka pedagoško raziskovanje. Ljubljana: Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo.
Nind, M., Curtin, A. in Hall, K. (2016). Research Methods for Pedagogy. Bloomsbury: Bloomsbury Academic.
Creswell, J. W. in Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods approaches (5th Edition). Los Angeles, ZDA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Sagadin, J. (2003). Statistične metode za pedagoge. Maribor: Obzorja.
Zurc, J. (2021). Metodologija pedagoškega raziskovanja: skripta študijskega gradiva za učno enoto. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta.
Prerequisits
Prerequisits for acceding the course:
None.
Conditions for prerequisits:
Passing grade of case study is required for taking the written exam.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - written examination, 70 %
- seminar work. 30 %
