2023
Research in Childhood (0-12)
Name: Research in Childhood (0-12)
Code: PED11406M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Education Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
Researching in education is a professional challenge, which allows creating conditions for the regulation of teaching practices and improvement of children's learning. This UC is dedicated to developing the competence to investigate with children in context, providing tools and reflection.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
O1. To understand the importance and role of research in education and the nature of the knowledge produced;
O2. To understand the main paradigms in research, the main approaches to research, and relevant designs of research for the educational context;
O3.To understand the methodological planning of research and to know the methods and techniques to employ in its concretization, from the problem formulation to the conclusions and its dissemination;
O4. To know strategies, techniques and instruments for data collection and data analysis;
O5. To understand Childhood Education as context and object of research and to know the recent research developed in that domain;
O6. To develop an inquiry attitude towards the professional practice understanding research as a resource for practice improvement and professional development.
O2. To understand the main paradigms in research, the main approaches to research, and relevant designs of research for the educational context;
O3.To understand the methodological planning of research and to know the methods and techniques to employ in its concretization, from the problem formulation to the conclusions and its dissemination;
O4. To know strategies, techniques and instruments for data collection and data analysis;
O5. To understand Childhood Education as context and object of research and to know the recent research developed in that domain;
O6. To develop an inquiry attitude towards the professional practice understanding research as a resource for practice improvement and professional development.
Contents
c1. Research in Education
- The value and role of research
- The nature of the knowledge produced
- Research as a strategy: improving educational activities and professional development
c2. Paradigms and approaches in research in Education
- From the positivist to the interpretive paradigm
- Quantitative and qualitative approaches
- Research modalities in Education. Characterization and purposes
- Research the own practice and action research
c3. The research process, its planning and implementation
- The problematization and relevance of research
- The definition of objective (s) and guiding questions
- The role of theory
- The participants
- Data collection (sources, procedures, instruments, records)
- Data analysis (organization and selection of relevant data, categories of analysis)
c4. The writing of scientific text
c5. Research ethics (procedures, data protection)
c6. Recent investigations in Childhood Education: focuses and methodologies
- The value and role of research
- The nature of the knowledge produced
- Research as a strategy: improving educational activities and professional development
c2. Paradigms and approaches in research in Education
- From the positivist to the interpretive paradigm
- Quantitative and qualitative approaches
- Research modalities in Education. Characterization and purposes
- Research the own practice and action research
c3. The research process, its planning and implementation
- The problematization and relevance of research
- The definition of objective (s) and guiding questions
- The role of theory
- The participants
- Data collection (sources, procedures, instruments, records)
- Data analysis (organization and selection of relevant data, categories of analysis)
c4. The writing of scientific text
c5. Research ethics (procedures, data protection)
c6. Recent investigations in Childhood Education: focuses and methodologies
Teaching Methods
The methodologies call for the involvement of students, imply carrying out diverse tasks, of a varied nature, and contemplate multiple forms of work, namely the development of research activity associated with the contexts of student insertion.
The assessment follows the general rules in force in the EU.
It is mandatory to attend 75% of classes.
The student worker must contact the teacher within 15 days after obtaining this condition.
The Continuous Assessment Scheme values formative assessment and includes the elements:
A - Participation in activities (0.2)
B - Individual written work, subject to feedback and possibility of improvement (0.8)
The Final Evaluation Scheme (exam) serves students who have opted for this modality or who have not obtained a rating higher than 10 in B in the Continuous Evaluation Scheme. The exam consists of a written test.
The assessment follows the general rules in force in the EU.
It is mandatory to attend 75% of classes.
The student worker must contact the teacher within 15 days after obtaining this condition.
The Continuous Assessment Scheme values formative assessment and includes the elements:
A - Participation in activities (0.2)
B - Individual written work, subject to feedback and possibility of improvement (0.8)
The Final Evaluation Scheme (exam) serves students who have opted for this modality or who have not obtained a rating higher than 10 in B in the Continuous Evaluation Scheme. The exam consists of a written test.
Teaching Staff
