Education and development 2300-OSM/ŚW/1

The plan of the seminar - First year
1. Quantitative research: pros and cons
2. Qualitative research: pros and cons
3. Paradigms, Theories, and social research concepts
4. Selection of the type of research project
5. The concept / structure of work / workplan / mental map
6. Critical analysis of a scientific article
7. Analysis of the publication of a book (a scientific text)
8. The perspective of environmental social research
9. Review of the literature in research (theories, names, concepts, typologies)
10. Choice / Application of the theory in own thesis
11. Analysis of the structure of the thesis - good practices
12. Designing own research part. Methodological aspects of research - goals, questions, procedures, methods, techniques
13. The role of the Introduction in the thesis
14. The theoretical part of the thesis

Type of course

Master's seminars

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

The aim of the course is to prepare the student to write a thesis. In the first year the student should be familiar with both the technical and substantive rules of writing scientific work such as text analysis research, planning, research and analysis of their own, searching for perspective środowiskowej.Student should also understand the requirements of the master's thesis and carry out the various stages of her writing.

Course coordinators

Agnieszka Naumiuk

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
The student knows the basic methods of social environment and pedagogy studies
Student knows what research methods can be applied in the context of the research theme
The student knows the theories and issues of the subject in which he writes a thesis

Skills
Student knows how to seek information on the theory and research in data in the field of the research choice
The student knows how to analyze and synthesize knowledge from various sources on the examined issues, draw conclusions, use them to plan his/her own research
The student knows how to plan and carry out own research in the field of selected issues, draw conclusions regarding relationship between education and the social environment

Attitudes
Student presents the proper ethical attitude in relation to his/her research
Student cooperates with other researchers, including other MA students on mutual assistance for the proper development and the principles of writing a thesis

Assessment criteria

Assessment criteria
1. Class attendance and active participation (preparation for classes) all year round
2. Shown environmental perspective in own research - PPT presentation. Winter semester
3. Accepted concept of the thesis submitted for approval with justification, theoretical section and a list of literature - summer semester

Bibliography

S. Kawula, Pomocniczość i wsparcie. Kategorie pedagogiki społecznej, Olsztyn 2002;
A. Potoczek [red.], Stymulowanie rozwoju lokalnego - perspektywa społeczna i organizacyjna, Toruń 2001;
J., Creswell J., Projektowanie badań naukowych.Metody jakościowe, ilościowe i mieszane. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2013
E. Babbie, Badania społeczne w praktyce, Warszawa 2003
E. Babbie, Podstawy badań społecznych, Warszawa 2010.
D. Silverman, Prowadzenie badań jakościowych, Warszawa 2010.
D.Silverman, Interpretacja danych jakościowych, Warszawa 2007
S. Nowak, Metodologia badań społecznych, Warszawa 2011.
G.Gibbs, Analizowanie danych jakościowych, Warszawa 2011

Kwartalnik "Pedagogika Społeczna" 2010-2016 Chosen articles

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