Course: Action Research in Social Pedagogy

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Course title Action Research in Social Pedagogy
Course code KKV/AVSP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pospíšil Jiří, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is focused on action research in social pedagogy. During the course we are approximated each phase of implementation of action research and analysis of the data obtained. Special attention is paid to methods of obtaining research data in action research methods and their coding. During the course, students will be acquainted with practical action research in the field and their ongoing outputs will be consulted in the seminaries.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
- Gain knowledge and skills to use action research in social educational research - Deepen knowledge about methods of data acquisition (stakeholders open and covert observation, individual and group interviews, focus groups, etc.) And processing (fixation of data, preparation for analysis, reduction of text encoding, Timeline) and their analysis.
- Students will gain knowledge and skills to use action research in social pedagogy - Students will learn methods for gathering data in the field, processing and analysis - Students acquire skills presentation of research results with particular regard to their use in practice
Prerequisites
No assumptions.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Students submit and present the results of action research; These results must be able to defend.
Recommended literature
  • Denzin, N.K., Lincoln, Y.S. The Sage handbook of qualitative research.
  • McNiff, J., Whitehead, J. Doing and Writing Action Research.
  • Noffke, S; Somekh, B. (eds.). (2009). The SAGE Handbook of Educational Action Research. London.
  • Reason, P., Bradbury-Huang, H. The SAGE handbook of action research.
  • Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, Ch. Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research.


Study plans that include the course
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