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B015810 - BASIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO EDUCATION & TRAINING
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2017-18
Coorte 2017 - Second Cycle Degree in SCIENCES OF ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AND SCIENCES OF PEDAGOGY
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (FORLILPSI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-PED/01 - PEDAGOGY, THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
72
Teaching Term
18/09/2017 ⇒ 20/12/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian/English Language.
The Lessons will be in English Language for 12 hours (2 CFU).
The materials on MOODLE platform will be written in English Language.
The Lessons will be in English Language for 12 hours (2 CFU).
The materials on MOODLE platform will be written in English Language.
Course Content
The course will explore the most important theoretical and methodological devices of empirical research in education. Some type of applied research methods such as observation, interview and questionnaires will be sttudied in order to understand the peculiarities of educational research and training than other types of social research. The themes will be investigated through the use of practical discussion, debate, interviews / focus groups.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
1. L. Mortari, Cultura della ricerca e pedagogia. Prospettive epistemologiche, Carocci, Rioma, 2007.
2. 2. R. Atkinson, "L'intervista narrativa. Raccontare la storia di sé nella ricerca formativa, organizzativa e sociale", Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2002.
3. V. Boffo (ed), "A Glance at Work. Educational Perspectives", Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2012.
Students not attending the course will integrate the study with the following volume:
L. Malita, V. Boffo (eds), "Digital Storytelling for Employability", Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2010.
2. 2. R. Atkinson, "L'intervista narrativa. Raccontare la storia di sé nella ricerca formativa, organizzativa e sociale", Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2002.
3. V. Boffo (ed), "A Glance at Work. Educational Perspectives", Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2012.
Students not attending the course will integrate the study with the following volume:
L. Malita, V. Boffo (eds), "Digital Storytelling for Employability", Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2010.
Learning Objectives
Reaching the ability to distinguish between quantitative methods and qualitative methods.
Evaluating the applicability of the research methods of the object under investigation.
Building a research design, a questionnaire, an interview. Making in practice a research.
Evaluating the applicability of the research methods of the object under investigation.
Building a research design, a questionnaire, an interview. Making in practice a research.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the Cultural and Theretical context of the Sciences of Education
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Seminars, Focus Group and Work in Group
Seminars, Focus Group and Work in Group
Further information
During the Course, there will be held two Seminars in English Language about "Research in Adult Education" and "Employability and Young Social Graduates".
Type of Assessment
The examination will be oral and written.
For the exam, the student will need to prepare a paper, 15 pages long, regarding a research topic to be discussed with the teacher. The paper will be delivered by e-mail to the teacher, five days before the examination. For the exam the student will also need to prepare a power point presentation of the research's contents.
For the exam, the student will need to prepare a paper, 15 pages long, regarding a research topic to be discussed with the teacher. The paper will be delivered by e-mail to the teacher, five days before the examination. For the exam the student will also need to prepare a power point presentation of the research's contents.
Course program
The course will explore the most important theoretical and methodological devices of empirical research in pedagogy and it has specifically aimed to build a good practice of empirical research. It will be detailed theoretical lines, including the evidence based research and phenomenological inquiry. It will be deepened some of the methods applied research such as observation, interview and comparison with the narrative in order to understand the peculiarities of educational research and training than other types of social research. The themes will be investigated through the use of practical discussion, debate, interviews / work in group. The theoretical investigations will be accompanied by the analysis of empirical practices carried out through international and interdisciplinary research.