Research Methodologies in Education

Code:

MED200

Acronym:

MIE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Research and Intervention Methodologies in Education / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/FICHA_DISCIPLINA.EDITAR?p_cad_codigo=MED200&p_periodo=2S&p_ano_lectivo=2009/2010
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCED	60	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	65	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims - Methods of Research in Education

- to contribute to enlarge ways of seeing and doing in the process of research in education;
- to provide knowledge both theoretical and applied on specific research methods and techniques

earning Outcomes
. recognition of main research paradigms;
- to be able to confront central questions on educational research;
- to be able to choose adequate research methods and techniques confronting a specific research problem.

Program

I - Dinamics of Research in Education

1. Epistemological and methodological Issues
Émile Durkheim and the Rules of the Sociological Method
Pierre Bourdieu and the research as social relation and symbolic violence
Michel Foucault and the Archeology of knowledge
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, the double epistemological rupture and paradigmatic transition
Sandra Harding and the strong objectivity

2. Paradigms and the construction of the problem

Assumptions of different paradigms
On the construction of a study object
Methodological procedures

3 - Methods and techniques of data collection

Ethnography
Interview
Focus Group
Life History
Content Analysis
Action-Research

Mandatory literature

Wallerstein, Emmanuel (1996). Para abrir as ciências sociais. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Seale Clive 340; Researching society and culture. ISBN: 0-7619-5277-2
Saukko Paula; Doing research in cultural studies. ISBN: 0-7619-6505-X
Silva Augusto Santos 570; Metodologia das ciências sociais
Silverman David; Interpreting qualitative data. ISBN: 0-7619-6865-2
Burgess Robert G.; A^pesquisa de terreno. ISBN: 972-8027-43-5
Santos Boaventura de Sousa; Um discurso sobre as ciências
Plummer Ken; Documents of life 2. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-6132-1
Alvesson Mats; Reflexive methodology. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-7707-7
Ramazanoglu Caroline; Feminist methodology. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-5123-7
Lessard-Hérbert Michelle; Investigação qualitativa. ISBN: 972-9295-75-1
Silva Augusto Santos; Entre a razão e o sentido
Pais José Machado; Sociologia da vida quotidiana. ISBN: ISBN 972-671-092-8

Complementary Bibliography

Berger, Guy (1992). A investigação em educação: modelos sócio-epistemológicos e inserção institucional. Revista de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 3-4, 23-36.
Quivy Raimond; Manual de investigaçao em ciencias sociais. ISBN: 972-662-275-1
Bruyne Paul de; Dinâmica da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais
Willis Paul; The Ethnographic Imagination, Polity Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-7456-0174-X (pbk.)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecturing
Analysis of research projects
Debates
Data Analysis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	42,00
tutoring	Participação presencial	6,00		2012-05-31
exploratory method/technique work	Trabalho laboratorial	8,00		2012-05-19
writing research project or training report (exploraty)	Exame	35,00		2012-05-31
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
text reading	Estudo autónomo	10	2012-05-31
	Total:	10,00

Observations

Bibliografia Principal

Silva Augusto Santos 570;Metodologia das ciências sociais
Alvesson Mats;Reflexive methodology. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-7707-7
Bruyne Paul de;Dinâmica da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais
Plummer Ken;Documents of life 2. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-6132-1
Seale Clive 340;Researching society and culture. ISBN: 0-7619-5277-2
Burgess Robert G.;A^pesquisa de terreno. ISBN: 972-8027-43-5
Santos Boaventura de Sousa;Um discurso sobre as ciências
Ramazanoglu Caroline;Feminist methodology. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-5123-7
Lessard-Hérbert Michelle;Investigação qualitativa. ISBN: 972-9295-75-1
Silverman David;Interpreting qualitative data. ISBN: 0-7619-6865-2
Correia José Alberto;Para uma teoria crítica em educação. ISBN: 972-0-34127-0
Silva Augusto Santos;Entre a razão e o sentido
Bibliografia Complementar

Wallerstein, Emmanuel (1996). Para abrir as ciências sociais. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Gergen, Keneth (1985). The social constructionist movement in modern psychology. American Psychologist, 3, 266-275.
Gillet Pierre;Pour une pédagogique. ISBN: 2-13-040003-5
Berger, Guy (1992). A investigação em educação: modelos sócio-epistemológicos e inserção institucional. Revista de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 3-4, 23-36.
Gergen, Keneth (1992). El yo saturado - dilemas de identidad en el mundo contemporáneo. Barcelona: Paidós.
Quivy Raimond;Manual de investigaçao em ciencias sociais. ISBN: 972-662-275-1
Lopes Amélia;Libertar o desejo, resgatar a inovação. ISBN: 972-783-053-6
Gillet Pierre;Pour une pédagogique. ISBN: 2-13-040003-5