Methodology and Methods of Educational Research

In subject studies master students acquire abilities to select systematically and analyze literature; establish tools for and perform documentation analysis; establish designs for quantitative, qualitative and mixed design research; create and validate tools for quantitative and qualitative research; form samples for quantitative and qualitative research; perform educational research; perform research activities individually and in groups; develop perception about conceptions, paradigms and strategies in educational research.

The aim of the course is to develop and develop the skills of postgraduate studnets in education and training, enabling them to carry out independent research independently and / or working in research teams.

Philosophy of education, Design of teaching / learning content

Concepts and paradigms of educational and training research methodology. Strategies for Education and Training Research. Types of education and training research. Methods of documentary analysis. Tools for documentary analysis. Educational and training research methodology. Educational and training research design. Educational and training research plan. Quantitative tool: characteristics, criteria and indicators. Validation of quantitative tool. Qualitative tool: relationship with the research problem and research questions. Content and validation of qualitative research tool. Application of research ethics and its principles in educational and training research. Structure, parameters and requirements for analysis content, comparison and interpretation of quantitative research report. Structure, parameters and requirements for analysis content, comparison and interpretation of qualitative research report. Structure, parameters and requirements for analysis content, comparison and interpretation of mixed research report. Criteria for presentation of quantitative, qualitative and mixed research. Methods for quantitative data analysis. Strategies for summarising quantitative research data. Methods for qualitative data analysis. Strategies for summarising qualitative research data. Systematic literature review. Descriptive literature review. Interpretative literature review.

To describe and analyze the types and strategies of educational and educational content: quantitative, qualitative and mixed; positivism, neopositiveism, pragmatism, social constructivism, feminism To analyze and summarize document analysis data on a specific topic The design and plan of the particular research were created, forming the parameters of the research: the relevance and novelty of the research, the research problem and the research questions, the object of the research, the purpose and tasks of the research, the sample and methods of the research A quantitative and qualitative research instrument created on a specific topic, distinguishing between criteria and indicators of each The research report is prepared and presented in writing and verbally, justifying and discussing the research parameters and results and conclusions Data from quantitative and qualitative studies analyzed and summarized in comparison with the results of other studies Selected systematic sources of science according to specific criteria and theme and their generalization