2024
Research Design I
Name: Research Design I
Code: HIS09282D
12 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/336 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The PhD Project Seminar I and II aim at supervising and supporting PhD students in their thesis projects.
In what concerns Project Seminar Istudents are expected to:
LO1. Define their key research questions and demonstrate an awareness of the need for planning and the timescale of the research
LO2. Deepened digital skills in both research and data management;
LO3.Understand the full range ofadvanced research skills important to research work in History;
LO4. Get acquainted with interdisciplinary research methodologies;
LO5.Write a state-of-the-art paper on their research topics.
In what concerns Project Seminar Istudents are expected to:
LO1. Define their key research questions and demonstrate an awareness of the need for planning and the timescale of the research
LO2. Deepened digital skills in both research and data management;
LO3.Understand the full range ofadvanced research skills important to research work in History;
LO4. Get acquainted with interdisciplinary research methodologies;
LO5.Write a state-of-the-art paper on their research topics.
Contents
This Seminar comprises 7 main Program Contents (PC):
PC1. Time / Spaces.Particularities of the research and of the key issue in different chronological frameworks. Scales of analysis andadvanced research design. Feasibility and relevance of the research issue.
PC2. Bibliographical research: data management of references (Zotero) and advanced techniques of readings, conceptual analysis and critical assessment of the relevant literature. The archival research in the main repositories and in national and international archives.
PC3. Data and textual analysis: basic skills on quantitative methods of analysis, network analysis, Content analysis techniques. Databases.
PC4. Review of literature, formation and types of hypothesis and testing of the hypothesis. The role of interdisciplinary research.
PC5. Writing techniques: how to quote and how to reference archival sources and bibliographical references.
PC1. Time / Spaces.Particularities of the research and of the key issue in different chronological frameworks. Scales of analysis andadvanced research design. Feasibility and relevance of the research issue.
PC2. Bibliographical research: data management of references (Zotero) and advanced techniques of readings, conceptual analysis and critical assessment of the relevant literature. The archival research in the main repositories and in national and international archives.
PC3. Data and textual analysis: basic skills on quantitative methods of analysis, network analysis, Content analysis techniques. Databases.
PC4. Review of literature, formation and types of hypothesis and testing of the hypothesis. The role of interdisciplinary research.
PC5. Writing techniques: how to quote and how to reference archival sources and bibliographical references.
Teaching Methods
Besides requiring a minimum 75% attendance, assessment consists on:
AV1. Bibliographical survey (15%)
AV2. Archival survey (15%)
AV3. The state of the art - oral presentation and written essay(30% + 30%).
AV4. Attendancy and participation (10%)
All classes are of a seminar typology, with little magisterial lecturing and maximizing the students commitment to the preparation and discussion of subject matters and selected bibliography. Some seminars count on the cooperation of guest speakers. Both the type of classes and the evaluation system converge to an educational strategy that focuses on knowledge actively acquired at the expense of knowledge passively transmitted.
AV1. Bibliographical survey (15%)
AV2. Archival survey (15%)
AV3. The state of the art - oral presentation and written essay(30% + 30%).
AV4. Attendancy and participation (10%)
All classes are of a seminar typology, with little magisterial lecturing and maximizing the students commitment to the preparation and discussion of subject matters and selected bibliography. Some seminars count on the cooperation of guest speakers. Both the type of classes and the evaluation system converge to an educational strategy that focuses on knowledge actively acquired at the expense of knowledge passively transmitted.
Teaching Staff
- Mafalda Sousa Machado Soares da Cunha [responsible]
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