Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is:
to enable the students to use appropriate scientific sources,
to enable the students to use empirical pedagogical research methods, and ways of collecting and analysing the data,
to enable the students to carry out, in a team or individually, simple non-experimental empirical research regarding content and methodology,
to prepare the students for writing research reports, empirical seminar and diploma work,
to prepare the students for publishing the results of their own research work.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Basic methodological terms: qualitative and quantitative research, pedagogical action research, scientific findings.
Ways of scientific investigation.
Sources of scientific investigation.
Types of research.
Phases of empirical traditional and action research.
Research methods.
Ways of collecting the data: interview, survey, scaling, attitude measurement, socio-metric technique, observation.
Basic statistical terms: statistical population, sample, unit, variable, parameter, estimate of parameter.
Ways of analysing the data: quantiles, measures of central location, variation measures, distribution measures, correlation measures, regression, hypothesis about the difference between two or more arithmetical means of independent and dependent samples, hypothesis about independence, hypothesis of equal probability, testing of the statistical significance of correlation coefficients.
Computer analysis of the data by means of SPSS statistical programme.
Use of scientific sources.
Structure of empirical seminar work and diploma work.
Research (non-experimental) work in an educational institution.
Learning and teaching methods
lectures,
tutorial,
lab work,
seminar work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to
know and understand basic methodological and statistical terms, ways and sources of scientific investigation, types of research,
use scientific sources, research techniques, ways of analysing the data on the level of descriptive and inferential statistics, SPSS statistical programme,
compare, relate and evaluate results of analysing the data.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
The student will be qualified for
individual carrying out of simple non-experimental empirical pedagogical research,
regular participation in carrying out pedagogical research,
writing research reports, empirical seminar and diploma work,
use of SPSS.
Readings
• Čagran, B. in Bratina, T. (2011). Metodologija pedagoškega raziskovanja : skripta zbranega študijskega gradiva. Maribor: Filozofska fakulteta
• 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.
• Nind, M., Curtin, A., & Hall, K. (2016). Research Methods for Pedagogy. Bloomsbury: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Zurc, J. (2011). Metode znanstveno-raziskovalnega dela in interpretacija dobljenih rezultatov empirične raziskave. V J. Zurc et al. (ur.), Pisanje znanstvenega in strokovnega članka (str. 63-71). Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego.
Prerequisits
Mandatory active participation in laboratory exercises and a seminar paper are required to take the exam.
