Research Methodology III.

Course name: Diploma III. (Thesis writing: methodological questions)

Course coordinator (depending on institute): Bodorné dr. Németh Tünde (GYMRI), Dr. Bolla Veronika (GYOPSZI), Dr. Roland Keszi (FOTRI), Dr. Szekeres Ágota (ATIVIK), Dr. Zászkaliczky Péter (ÁLTGYP)

Course coordinator’s academic degree: PhD.

Course coordinator’s accreditation status (per the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, MAB): AT

 

Course objective:

The aim of the course is to support students’ successful work on their research plan and writing their diploma study.

Learning outcomes and competences:

Knowledge:

  1. (as a consequence of their earlier studies) Students are aware of
  1. the basics of critical thinking, the nature of science, source criticism and requirements of APA VII. (and/or later APAs…);
  1. in case of shortages in respect of i. and ii. those will be developed as a result of commonly carried our efforts during the semester.

Skills:

  • Students creatively use research methods, those needed in carrying out their research;
  • critical thinking/analysis;
  • readiness for scientific disputes on equal footing.

Attitude:

  • Students strive to develop their self-knowledge and self-respect – as a remarkable basis for writing of their diploma study.
  • Thorough their teamwork, students effectively represent their own research and scientific principles and experiences, but they also leave other team members to prevail in order to cooperate effectively.
  • Students incessantly make effort in order to develop their self-reflectivity.

Autonomy and responsibility:

  • In this 3rd segment of the four-semester complex subject autonomy and responsibility of the students develops via
  • critical self-reflection and by new modes of methodology in the course of their own research.

Course content:

Main contents and topics will be defined freely, depending on how the institute and instructor define those in respect of students belonging to instructors.

Assessment and grading system:

The course concludes with a signature that is a consequence of students’ written and/or oral work.

Required reading for courses delivered in a foreign language:

  1. Creswell, J. (2014). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage.
  1. Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2018). Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications.

Further required reading is part of every course syllabus.