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16542
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
15
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| Workload |
TP(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Educação
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to contribute to the development of knowledge and skills in the field of education that will enable doctoral students to plan and implement relevant and original scientific research, as well as to critically analyze different research paradigms, designs and types of studies.
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
- discuss and distinguish different research paradigms and the applicability of quantitative, qualitative and mixed approaches in the construction of scientific knowledge in Education;
- identify the essential steps in conducting an empirical study;
- conduct a literature review on a topic in the field of education;
- define and state research questions and hypotheses;
- characterize variables in terms of their nature, status and measurability;
- identify the usefulness of experimental and correlational designs and possible strategies to guarantee their validity.
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Syllabus |
1. Education as an object of research: research paradigms (quantitative, qualitative and mixed approaches)
2. Literature review
3. Problem, questions, hypotheses and variables in research
4. Types of studies and research designs
4.1. Commonly used designs in educational research
4.2. Correlational studies
4.3. Experimental studies
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Main Bibliography |
Almeida, L. S. & Freire, T. (2015). Metodologia da investigação em Psicologia e Educação (5ª ed.). Psiquilíbrios.
Coe, R. J. (2017). Research methods and methodologies in education (2nd ed.). Sage
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research methods in education (8th ed.). Routledge.
Coutinho, C. P. (2013). Metodologia de investigação em ciências sociais e humanas. Almedina.
Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Sage.
Wyse, D., Selwyn, N., Smith, E. & Suter, L. (2016). The Bera/Sage handbook of educational research. Sage.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The methodology adopted includes moments of exposition, analysis and discussion of programmatic topics, combined whenever possible with guided practice, individually and in groups. The contents will be prepared in advance through independent study by the doctoral students, through active learning; the contact sessions will essentially serve to share doubts, discuss questions and analyse concrete cases, based on documents and studies already published. Assessment will be continuous, through a portfolio that will include activities and exercises proposed throughout the semester, which will focus on the four programmatic topics.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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