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Lecturer(s)
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Cuberek Roman, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Most of the information necessary to fulfill the objective of the course is provided to the students during the lecture. In addition, students are reffered to recommended information resources throughout the course that correspond to several specific homeworks assigments.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Attendace
- 8 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 20 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 6 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to deepen students' knowledge of the procedures and principles involved in formulating a research plan. Students are to identify their own research problem as a gap in the current knowledge base and propose a solution in the form of a specification of an objective, sub-objectives, research questions or research hypotheses. Another aim is to teach students to present the results of their own research at conferences, seminars or other occasions.
A critical approach to the literature review and knowledge base in order to formulate a research problem. The ability to operationalize a research problem into a research objectives, transform them into relevant research hypotheses or research questions, and specify a set of variables corresponding to the solution of the research objectives and consequently specify the structure of their mutual relationships.
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Prerequisites
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1. Advanced skills in Word, Excel and Teams. 2. Advanced skills of searching resources for sources in databases and their processing. 3. Basic skills in some statistical software (Statistica, SPSS, R). 4. High level of knowledge of the research techniques assumed in the dissertation project.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
The student must specify and justify his or her research gab and research framework. Subsequently, define the goal of his dissertation, including sub-goals, and operationalize them into suitable research hypotheses or research questions according to the recommended structure.
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Recommended literature
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Salkind, Neil J. (2010). Encyclopedia of research design. Volume 3, [Q-Z : index]. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications.
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Andrews, D. L., Mason, D. S., & Silk, M. L. (2005). Qualitative methods in sports studies. New York: Berg.
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Atkinson, M. (2012). Key concepts in sports and exercise research methods.. Sage.
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Blahuš, P. (1998). K metodologii použití statistických metod v psychologii.. Academia.
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BLAHUŠ, P. (1996). K systémovému pojetí statistických metod v metodologii empirického výzkumu chování.. Praha: Karolinum.
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Kuhn, T.S. (1977). Struktura vědeckých revolucí.. Oikúmené.
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Newell, R., & Burnard, P. (2011). Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare. Chichester.
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Pelikán, J. (2011). Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů. Praha: Karolinum.
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Popper, K. R. (1977). Logika vědeckého bádání.. Oikúmené.
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Salkind, Neil J. (2010). Encyclopedia of research design. Volume 1, [A-G]. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications.
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Salkind, Neil J. (2010). Encyclopedia of research design. Volume 2, [H-P]. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications.
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Silverman, D. (2001). Interpreting qualitative data: methods for analysing talk, text and interaction. London: Sage Publications.
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Tenenbaum, G.,& Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Methods of research in sport sciences: Quantitative and qualitative approaches.. Meyer & Meyer Sport.
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Thomas, J. R., & Nelson, J. K. (2011). Research methods in physical activity. Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics.
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