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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| PRESCHOOL EDUCATION (MASTER) (WITH THESIS) | |
| Code | OÖ701 |
| Name | Research Methods in Social Sciences I |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. FİLİZ YURTAL |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
The general aim of this course is; The aim of this course is to guide the students' learning about the concepts related to science, scientific research process and the scientific activities that should be carried out in this process, scientific studies to report, project, thesis and article.
Course Content
What is scientific knowledge; Differences between potivist and post-positivist studies; What is the research framework of the scientific study; Hypothesis, what does the assumption mean; What are the stages of scientific research; Writing rules, footnotes, references and quoting.
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Defines the concept of knowledge and sources of information |
| LO02 | Introduces different approaches to science. |
| LO03 | Defines and interprets necessary variables about scientific research process and determination of research subject. |
| LO04 | Makes critical resource analysis, develops hypothesis and strategy. |
| LO05 | Quotation from sources. |
| LO06 | It creates a proper bibliography from the sources used in scientific research. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Describes and defines different scientific research methods and analyses used in social sciences. | |
| PLO02 | - | Thoroughly explains the educational and developmental issues related to early childhood education. | |
| PLO03 | - | Defines, describes and explains teaching strategies, methods and techniques. | |
| PLO04 | - | Explains the interactions among different disciplines related to her/his field of study. | |
| PLO05 | - | Relates knowledge in the field of early childhood education to the knowledge in other fields. | |
| PLO06 | - | Explains the theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of study at expert level. | |
| PLO07 | - | Critically reviews and reflects on the national and international approaches to early childhood education. | |
| PLO08 | - | Plans and executes a scientific research study. | |
| PLO09 | - | Applies different teaching strategies, methods and techniques. | |
| PLO10 | - | Independently executes a study that requires expertise in his/her field. | |
| PLO11 | - | Works in a team and/or acts as a leader to solve problems in her/his field. | |
| PLO12 | - | Questions and inquires into the social and scientific topics in a critical manner and is open to new perspectives. | |
| PLO13 | - | Executes studies in her/his field of study in accordance with the life long learning perspective. | |
| PLO14 | - | Becomes sensitive to and follows the social and technological developments. | |
| PLO15 | - | Presents a research study that s/he conducted in the field of early childhood education to a group of experts or non-experts orally, visually or in writing, | |
| PLO16 | - | Utilizes the information and communication technologies effectively. | |
| PLO17 | - | Proficiently uses one of the languages in the European Language Portfolio at the level that enables her/him understand the knowledge base related to her/his field of study, communicate orally and verbally. | |
| PLO18 | - | Acts in accordance with the social, scientific, cultural and ethical standards when conducting a scientific research or concluding projects. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Objectives, Content, Sources and Introduction | None | |
| 2 | Working on scientific publications, access, classification and reporting | Reading | |
| 3 | Making a study about reading and understanding a scientific study. | Reading and Homework | |
| 4 | What is information, what is the source of information | Reading and Summarizing | |
| 5 | What is science, functions of science, types of science, scientific research, scientific method, qualifications of scientific research | Reading and Summarizing | |
| 6 | Different paradigms in understanding social reality: Positivism | Reading and Summarizing | |
| 7 | Different paradigms in social reality: post-positivism | Reading and Summarizing | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam preparation | |
| 9 | What is Research Proble, Problem, research question, hypothesis | Reading and homework | |
| 10 | Making an application study to determine the research problem | Reading and homework | |
| 11 | Access to Scientific Information, information sources, library and use of on-line databases | Reading and Homework | |
| 12 | What is APA, literature organization, academic text organization | Reading and Homework | |
| 13 | Scientific Ethics and Research Ethics | Reading | |
| 14 | Information about research methods and techniques and reporting rules. | Reading and Homework | |
| 15 | General evaluation | Reading and Homework | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam |