2025
Research Methodology in Education
Name: Research Methodology in Education
Code: PED13954M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Education Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
To develop research skills in education.
To apply fundamental concepts of research in education, in research analysis and design;
To know methods and techniques for collecting research data;
To know techniques for processing and analyzing data resulting from research in education;
To develop research projects in the field of education.
To apply fundamental concepts of research in education, in research analysis and design;
To know methods and techniques for collecting research data;
To know techniques for processing and analyzing data resulting from research in education;
To develop research projects in the field of education.
Contents
1.Researchas an essential dimension of professionalism
1.1.Relationship between scientific knowledge and professional practice
1.2.The research as a mean to support the educational action
2.Epistemology and research methodology
2.1.Construction of scientific knowledge
2.2.Fundamentalsof scientific knowledge
2.3.Research paradigms: scientific /positivist and naturalist/interpretive
3.Steps in research
3.1.Identifying the problem
3.2.Review of literature
3.3.Population and sample or participants
3.4.Research designs: experimental, case study, action research
3.5.Construction of instruments for data collection: observation, interviews, questionnaires
3.6.Data Collection
3.7.Data Analysis
4.The writing of scientific reports.
1.1.Relationship between scientific knowledge and professional practice
1.2.The research as a mean to support the educational action
2.Epistemology and research methodology
2.1.Construction of scientific knowledge
2.2.Fundamentalsof scientific knowledge
2.3.Research paradigms: scientific /positivist and naturalist/interpretive
3.Steps in research
3.1.Identifying the problem
3.2.Review of literature
3.3.Population and sample or participants
3.4.Research designs: experimental, case study, action research
3.5.Construction of instruments for data collection: observation, interviews, questionnaires
3.6.Data Collection
3.7.Data Analysis
4.The writing of scientific reports.
Teaching Methods
In accordance with the objectives of the UC, methodologies will be developed that favor the participation of students, through debate, reasoned criticism and reflective intervention, as well as the experimentation of research instruments, contributing, simultaneously, to the consolidation of their knowledge and to respective mobilization.
Assessment
This course adopts the Continuous Assessment model;
The assessment for this course includes the preparation of an individual project (IT), to be presented midway through the semester in poster format (40%) and, at the end of the semester, in point format (60%). This project will be an exercise in applying aspects covered in to the development of a preliminary research project.
Final Assessment - Exam (100%) - to be completed on a date to be determined during the final assessment period.
The assessment for this course includes the preparation of an individual project (IT), to be presented midway through the semester in poster format (40%) and, at the end of the semester, in point format (60%). This project will be an exercise in applying aspects covered in to the development of a preliminary research project.
Final Assessment - Exam (100%) - to be completed on a date to be determined during the final assessment period.
Teaching Staff
- Marília Evangelina Sota Favinha [responsible]
- Paulo Jaime Lampreia Costa
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