Research Methodologies in Education

Code: PED11169M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Education Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, Spanish

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Reduzir as desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

To know the epistemological foundations that differentiate the main approaches to the educational reality.
To develop research skills in education, recognizing its specificities.
To apply fundamental concepts of educational research on the analysis and design of research.
To know methods and techniques for data collection in educational research.
To know techniques for processing and analysing data resulting from research in education.
To prepare research projects with a methodological foundation appropriate to the problems under study.
To analyse and produce critical research reports.
To use the research dimension, mobilizing previously mentioned knowledge, associated with intervention projects in education.

Epistemological foundations of research in education.
Research ethics.
Research strategies and designs: The interrelationship between paradigm(s), problem(s), objectives, and research methods.
Methods, techniques, and instruments for data collection and analysis.
The research project and educational action.
Action research as a strategy for consolidating teaching practice.
Scientific report writing: The specific case of the Supervised Teaching Practice report.

Teaching Methods

In accordance with the objectives of the curricular unit, methodologies will be developed that prioritize student participation in classes, through debate, criticism and reflective intervention, as well as experimenting of research tools, contributing, simultaneously, to the consolidation of their knowledge and the relevant technical mobilization. Also in accordance with the objectives, models will be developed focused on students and their personal and professional development.

Assessment

The assessment in this course unit follows the evaluation regulations of the University of Évora, which include both continuous assessment and final assessment. Assessment is integrated into teaching and learning, playing a regulatory role. It takes place throughout the semester on a continuous basis, through the completion of various individual and group tasks.

Continuous Assessment Regime:
The final grade will be obtained based on two individual assignments: one consisting of a critical analysis of a research article (IA 1) and another one involving the development of a research project in the specific area of the student's course (IA 2). The assigned tasks are appropriate to the specific areas of each course.
Final Grade (FG) = 50% IA 1 + 50% IA 2

Final Assessment Regime:
Students who choose this regime must complete a written exam (WE) and an oral presentation (OP), with work similar to that developed in the continuous assessment regime.
The final grade for the course unit will be determined as follows:
FG = 80% WE + 20% OP