Course: Methodology of Empirical Research

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Course title Methodology of Empirical Research
Course code KPG/BPMEV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Szotkowski René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Empirical research in pedagogy, its types and main phases. Measuring in pedagogical research and methods of data collection in pedagogical research. The basic methods of descriptive statistics, used in processing research results.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The subject deals with these topics: Methods of human cognition, Techniques of work with special literature, Empirical research and its kinds, Formulation of problems for empirical research, Hypothesises and rules for their formulations, Selection of elements for research samples, Research ex-post-facto and experiments, Quantitative and qualitative research, and The most frequented methods of collecting data for empirical research (observation, questionnaire, interview, tests).
Students will be able to characterize scientific research and its specifics in the social sciences and pedagogy. Will know the basic methods and techniques of data collection, sample design and basic characteristics of descriptive statistics. Students will be able to describe methods of testing of research hypotheses, statistical tests of significance and describe the data on which it can use. He can describe the normal distribution of the data and its properties. He will be able to verify the research hypotheses. He knows how to use correlation analysis in education research. He can apply appropriate graphical representation of data. It is able to write a final research report.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of methodology, mathematics and statistics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test, Seminar Work

Elaborating a project of empirical pedagogical research.
Recommended literature
  • GAVORA, P. (2000). Úvod do pedagogického výzkumu. Brno: Paido.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (2006). Úvod do výzkumu v pedagogice : Základy kvantitativně orientovaného výzkumu.. Olomouc.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (2007). Metody pedagogického výzkumu. Praha.
  • MAŇÁK, J. et al. (1994). Kapitoly z metodologie pedagogiky.. Brno.
  • PRŮCHA, J. (1995). Pedagogický výzkum : Uvedení do teorie a praxe. Praha.


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