Research in Education (KPD/E-RIE)

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  • 6 credits
  • Lecturer: doc. PhDr. Zuzana Sikorová, Ph.D.
  • Lessons (Lectures + Exercises + Seminars): 1 + 1 + 0 [hours/week]
  • Semester: Winter
  • Language of instruction: English
  • Language of consultation: English
  • Method of completion: Examination
  • Level of qualification: Bc., Mgr.

Synopsis / description / annotation:

In this offered course, methods and aims of the research in education focused on the qualitative and quantitative design of research are introduced. Concrete procedures and steps of solutions of both types of research are practically implemented on modelled data and the concrete research in the field of education. During a study of course, a student processes own proposals of research, in which essential approaches and principles of educational research are applied.

Content:

  1. 1. Principles of research in education
  2. Evaluation of science, research and metrics of research in education
  3. Categories of research in educational science
  4. Research questions, hypotheses
  5. Principles of quantitative research
  6. Research methods in quantitative research
  7. Statistical processing of data
  8. Principles of qualitative research
  9. Research methods in qualitative research
  10. Processing of data in qualitative research
  11. Publishing the results of resear

Literature:

  • Hoy, W. K., & Adams, C. M. (2016). Quantitative research in education: a primer (Second edition). Los Angeles: SAGE.
  • Cohen, L. (1984). Research methods in education. London: C. Helm.
  • Sherman, R. R., & Webb, R. B. (1988). Qualitative research in education: focus and methods (Second edition). New York: Falmer Press.
  • Vaclavik, Marek & Sikorova, Zuzana & Barot, Tomas. (2019). Particular Analysis of Normality of Data in Applied Quantitative Research.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00211-4_31

Updated: 03. 10. 2022