Course: Qualitative Research in Social Pedagogy

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Course title Qualitative Research in Social Pedagogy
Course code KKV/PPKLV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šarníková Gabriela, doc. PhDr. PhD.
Course content
Basic concepts of research. Common and different features of quantitative and qualitative research. Formulation of topics, aims, problems and questions in qualitative research. Selection of the research sample. Basic methods of qualitative research. Data collection and processing process. Evaluation of research results and subsequent discussion. Possibilities of using designs (f. e. case study, ethnographic study, biographical study, narrative analysis, interpretive phenomenological analysis, discursive analysis, content and thematic analysis, grounded theory, qualitative comparative analysis) and their application to the process of planning, management, creation of projects and their implementation. Use of scientific resources (qualitative research) for own research.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work, Group work
Learning outcomes
Students can discuss the possibilities of scientific research of the field of pedagogy. Students will be able to argue in favor of the use of a qualitative approach in the field of pedagogy. Students have sufficient knowledge and skills to carry out qualitative research, they can formulate research aims, problems and questions. They can choose an adequate research methods, design, research sample, and data processing and evaluation procedure. Students will be able to work with sources using qualitative research.
Students will acquire skills and tools for qualitative research in the field of pedagogy.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Student performance

Active and 100 % participation in the seminar, and elaboration of assigned tasks. Students with an individual study plan are required to attend the first seminar, where they will then be informed of the requirements for successful completion of the course. Students present their knowledge and skills on qualitative research in an oral examination. Students will study published articles describing the implementation of qualitative research and, in addition, describe two published studies using different data collection methods. One source will be in Czech or Slovak, and the second source will be about research carried out abroad outside Slovakia. The students will present the process of conducting the research and the conclusions of the research. They will present the assignment orally as the second part of the oral exam and put the written work into Moodle. The condition for taking the exam is to master all the requirements in the seminars. The condition for completing the course is the successful completion of both parts of the exam.
Recommended literature
  • BELL, Judith and WATERS, Stephen. (2018). Doing Your Research Project. A Guide for First-time Researchers.
  • BRAUN, Virginia and CLARKE, Victoria. (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Quide.
  • CRESWELL, John W. a POTH, Cheryl H. (2017). Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design.
  • CRESWELL, John W. (2013). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design.
  • DENZIN, Norman K. et al. (2023). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research.
  • GAVORA, Peter. (2007). Sprievodca metodológiou kvalitatívneho výskumu.
  • GULOVÁ, Lenka a ŠÍP, Radim. (2013). Výzkumné metody v pedagogické praxi.
  • HENDL, Jan a REMR, Jiří. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. 2017.
  • HENDL, Jan. (2008). Kvalitativní výzkum: základní teorie, metody a aplikace.
  • KOCVRLICHOVÁ, Marta. Vina. 2006.
  • KOMÁRIK, Emil. Metódy vedeckého poznávania človeka. 2002.
  • LEAVY, Patricia. Method Meets Art. Handbook of Arts-Based Research. 2020.
  • LUNE, Howard and BERG, Bruce L. (2017). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Science.
  • MORGAN, David L. (2001). Ohniskové skupiny jako metoda kvalitativního výzkumu.
  • ŘIHÁČEK, Tomáš, ČERMÁK, Ivo, HYTYCH, Roman a kol. Kvalitativní analýza textů: čtyři přístupy.
  • SILVERMAN, David. (2005). Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum.
  • SMITH, Jonathan Alan, FLOWERS, Paul and LARKIN, Michael. (2012). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Theory, Method and Research.
  • ŠVAŘÍČEK, Roman, ŠEĎOVÁ, Klára a kol. Kvalitativní výzkum v pedagogických vědách.
  • ŠVEC, Štefan. Metodologie věd o výchově: kvantitativně-scientistické a kvalitativně-humanitní přístupy v edukačním výzkumu.
  • URBAN, Marek. (2020). Kvalitatívny výskum vo svete umenia.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Pedagogy (NA25) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Pedagogy (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter