Research Methodologies in Adult Education

Code:

EFA02

Acronym:

MIEFA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Research Methodologies / Intervention in Education

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Adult Education and Training

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEFA	0	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	65	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims at:
- providing students with knowledge and competencies in research and intervention in education; ,
- making students able to pose and solve research and intervention problems in the edutional field.

Program

1. What is researching? Epistemological issues.
2. Relationship, cooperation and participation: elements for thinking and doing research and intervention in context.
3. Designing research and intervention projects.
4. Posing problems in context and solving them from a given point of view.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, debates, fieldwork, supervision.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

In class presentation and discussion of work. Portfolio built during the semester.

Classification improvement

Through a reformulation of the portfolio.