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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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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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