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Educational Research Methodology II

Code 7723
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 7,5
Workload OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area School and Education Psychology
Mode of delivery Face-to-face.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes This curricular unit is designed to develop student’s knowledge about qualitative methodologies, enabling them to plan and apply a qualitative research. At the end of this curricular unit, the student must be able to:
- Research and use scientific information in a proficient way;
- Communicate accurately research results;
- Identify the contribution of qualitative research to educational research;
- Develop a qualitative research project;
-Apply the main qualitative techniques of data collection;
-Analyze and interpret qualitative data.
Syllabus 1. Qualitative research in education: Conceptual problems regarding qualitative methods;
2. Qualitative based design;
3. Work field and documental support: main techniques of data collection (documental analysis; observation; interviews, focus group);
4. Qualitative data analysis and interpretation; questions pertaining fidelity and validity;
5. Writing a qualitative research report.
Main Bibliography 1.Main bibliography
Afonso, N. (2005). Investigação naturalista em educação: Um guia prático e crítico. Porto: Edições Asa
Denzin, N. K. e Lincoln, Y. (Eds). (2005). Handbook of qualitative research. New York: Sage Publications.
Jurgenson, J. L. (2004), Cómo hacer investigación cualitativa - Fundamentos y metodología. Barcelona: Paidós Educador.
2. Further reading
Albarello, L., et al. (1997). Práticas e métodos de investigação em ciências sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva.
Bericat, E. (1998), La integración de los métodos cuantitativo y cualitativo en la investigación social, Barcelona: Editorial Ariel, S.A..
Bogdan, R. & Biklen, S. (1994). Investigação qualitativa em educação: Uma introdução à teoria e aos métodos. Porto: Porto Editora.
Denzin, N. K. (2003). Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Erzy, D. (2002). Qualitative analysis: Practice and innovation. London: Routdlege

Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2012-05-07

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