Class Research Methodologies

The program aims to lead the master's student to critically analyze various types of knowledge, recognize the attributes of a scientific production in order to be able to build an autonomous research project. For this purpose, it will be introduced in the structure of a scientific production, in the steps of the construction process, in the need for prior rupture, in the way of carrying out an adequate literature review and in the care and rigor to be taken in the verification approach. They will learn to define the research problem/object, to state the research objectives, to choose the appropriate paradigm for the investigation, to select the sources/subjects for the outlined verification and to choose the appropriate techniques. They will also be instructed in the collection, organization and analysis of data, whether quantitative or qualitative. They will get in touch with the formal aspects of scientific writing.

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I. Science and communication Education Sciences and scientific communication Textual production of scientific writing Rules of scientific writing II. The construction of scientific knowledge From common sense to scientific knowledge: phases of a process Types of research models Quantitative/qualitative/mixed approaches III - Research planning Construction of a research problem in education: from theme to problem Delimitation of the empirical field, strategy and observation plan Concepts, dimensions and analysis categories Data collection instruments and empirical information Analysis and systematization of data and empirical information IV. Key elements in research ethics Relationship between the researcher and the Participants The researcher's relationship with Knowledge Relationship between the researcher and Society Relationship between the researcher and the Community of Researchers Relationship between the researcher and Research Funding Institutions.

-Exhibition for systematization of contents previously worked by students. -Group work on texts provided by the teachers. For each session, Master's students will receive indications about bibliographic references that they should consult before the class, in order to participate, in a group context, in the construction of knowledge, which will later be systematized by the teachers. During the sessions, it is intended that the master's students critically analyze some scientific productions, also previously provided

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