METHODOLOGY AND IP PREPARATION COURSE

Practical Information:

Number of ECTS points: 10

Number of Contact Hours: 60

Type of Course: Seminar style with practical workshop elements

Course Code:

Maximum number of students: 15

Prerequisites: MA students, English C1 level

Location: Room 1.11, Przegorzały Castle, Ul. Jodłowa 13

Lecturers:

Luc Ampleman, PhD Candidate: Doctoral student at the Institute of European Studies JU, Internal

Advisor of the MA in Euroculture Programme. Key research interests include: mobility policies in

remote areas, transport diplomacy, geopolitics of the Arctic; nordicity, structural geography and

planning theories and rhetoric. Methodological focus on morphodynamic modeling/anisotropic

space models, structural narrative semiotics, analysis system of speech acts and results chain.

Szymon Czarnik, PhD: Lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, and at Tischner

European University. Received his Ph.D. from the Jagiellonian University in 2007 with the dissertation

"Justice and Equality in Division of Earned Goods", based on an experimental study of income

redistribution. Teaches classes in methods of empirical social research and statistical data analysis.

Besides methodological topics his fields of interest include game theory and praxeology.

Karolina Czerska-Shaw, PhD Candidate: Doctoral student at the Institute of European Studies JU, MA

in Euroculture Head Programme Coordinator. PhD research includes citizenship testing schemes in

France and the UK, the integration of immigrants, national identity, and changing notions of modern

citizenship. Methodological focus on discourse analysis/critical discourse analysis.

Seweryn Krupnik, PhD: Project manager at the Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies.

Research interests include entrepreneurship policy, institutional analysis and methodology of

evaluation research.

Ewa Krzaklewska, PhD Candidate: Sociologist and youth researcher, doctoral candidate at the

Sociology Institute at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow; lecturer of methodology of social

research, data analysis and demography. She studied Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in

Krakow, as well as at Antioch College (Yellow Springs, USA) and Universita' Cattolica (Milan, Italy).

Her doctoral thesis focuses on discussions around the concept of adulthood and new patterns of

youth transitions in Poland.

Description:

Unit 1: Formulating Research Questions & Design: Epistemological, Methodical and Practical

Considerations

This theoretical component will provide students with the tools needed to design research questions

at an academic level of thought and abstraction. Students will attain the competency of constructing

well formulated research questions and a good working knowledge of the academic research process

and its related concepts. Upon completion of the unit, the student will be able to link the research

process with the planning of academic writing. A general introduction to the IP topic and subthemes

should fall under this section, together with the discussion of the IP articles assigned.

Unit 2: Introduction to Methodological Approaches, Empirical Research Methods Workshops

This unit will provide students with a general outline of the various methodological perspectives in

interdisciplinary studies as well as hands-on experience of different methods. A brief outline of the

major division in empirical methods, namely quantitative and qualitative and examples thereof, will

provide students with a general framework for their research. Students should come to understand

how assumptions underlying the various methodological perspectives influence the choice and use of

methods. Ethics issues as well as the validity and reliability of data will also be discussed. Following

the theoretical introduction, students will be introduced to five different empirical methods, namely:

secondary data gathering and analysis; content/discourse analysis; survey construction and analysis;

interview construction and analysis; evaluation methods.

Unit 3: Critical Reflection, Presentation of Results, Fine-tuning the IP Paper This section will give students the tools to assess their own research and become aware of the limits of their

findings and different research bias (time constraints, language constraints, lack of access to representative

samples, biased information, etc), as well as how research shapes the reality under study. This final section will

also give students the tools to polish off their IP papers, including a guide to citations (quotations vs.

paraphrasing and the trap of plagiarism), editing, peer-reviewing, translation of quotations or text and how to

do it, Chicago Style, and various things to keep in mind before the final paper is submitted.

Learning Outcomes:

The course will provide students with concrete theoretical and empirical methodological tools

needed for the writing of their IP paper and MA thesis.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Move from a relevant research topic to a good research question

Develop an appropriate research design using concept mapping

Understand some theoretical approaches which will enable students to place their research

topic in a suitable academic framework for an MA

Identify the characteristic features of academic writing

Use their firm grounding in the philosophical foundations of academic enquiry to place their

topic in a broader context

Outline the IP paper in reference to the research design and take advantage of concept

mapping

Identify qualitative & quantitative research methods

Implement concrete research methods: interview and survey construction, content and discourse analysis, focus groups, observation & evaluation methods, etc.

Analyze and interpret research results

IP paper: produce an abstract, carry out a thorough literature review, collect, organize and analyze research data.

Conclude their research with an awareness of the bias and limits their work may contain and how to deal with this in their paper

Present their research results in a cohesive way, utilizing good use of quotations and presentation of research results

Critically reflect on their research as well as that of their peers

Critically review, edit and fine-tune their research paper.

Assessment:

Students will be assessed on their participation in and preparation for class, class assignments, as

well as a final group project. The breakdown of percentage points is as follows:

Participation/preparation 20 percent Attendance, active participation, reading of assigned materials

Class assignments 20 percent Handing all assignments in, grade on assignments

*Final project 60 percent Quality of project, ability to answer questions and defend choice of methodology

*Final project: On the basis of a given research idea with specifications presented to students by the

lecturers, students will have 24h to come up (in groups) with a research design and methodology

approach for a particular research idea. These projects will be presented in class, and all lecturers will

be present to judge the outcomes and challenge the proposals. Students will be assessed on the

project design and the way they defend their choices.

Absences:

Students are allowed 2 valid absences.

Course Schedule:

No. Date: d/m

hours Lecturer Session Title Format

1 02/03 3h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Introduction to IP themes; discussion of IP articles

Seminar

2 09/03 3h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Library database/research tools & discussion of IP articles

Seminar

3 16/03 4h Luc Ampleman Research framework and the scientific approach(es)

Seminar

4 17/03 4h Luc Ampleman The status of reality in the social sciences: Epistemology issues and scientific paradigms

Seminar

5 21/03 3h Szymon Czarnik Introduction to qualitative & quantitative research methods:

Seminar

6 23/03 3h Szymon Czarnik Introduction to qualitative & quantitative research methods:

Seminar

7 26/03 2h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

IP abstract writing Workshop

8 30/03 4h Ewa Krzaklewska Gathering and analysis of secondary data

Workshop

9 02/04 4h Ewa Krzaklewska Conducting Interviews Workshop

10 06/04 4h Ewa Krzaklewska Conducting Interviews Workshop

11 09/04 3h Ewa Krzaklewska Survey research design Workshop

12 13/04 3h Ewa Krzaklewska Survey research design Workshop

13 16/04 4h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Introduction to unobtrusive research: content/(critical) discourse analysis

Workshop

14 20/04 4h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Qualitative & quantitative data analysis in unobtrusive research & data analysis computer programmes

Workshop

15 23/04 4h Seweryn Krupnik Evaluation Methods Workshop

16 27/04 3h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

IP paper – use of citations, peer reviewing, critical reflection

Workshop

17 30/04 3h Karolina Czerska-Shaw

IP paper – use of citations, peer reviewing, critical reflection

Workshop

18 04/05 2h All lecturers FINAL PROJECT DUE Examination

Detailed Description of Sessions:

Session Title 1 Introduction to IP themes; discussion of IP articles

Date/Time/Location Fri, March 02/ 13:00-15:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format Interactive seminar

Content & Aims Content: Introduction to the IP, its main theme of “Cultural Citizenship and European Identity: Envisaging Challenge”, discussion and brainstorming of students’ ideas for the IP paper and the various themes. Discussion of IP articles: Fiast et.al & Jansen et al. Aims: Students should have a firm grasp of the IP topics, the two articles, and have a good idea of what they will be writing about.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

-Faist, Thomas. “Transnationalization in international migration: implications for the study of citizenship and culture.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 23:2 (2000): 189-222. -Jansen, Th, N. Chioncel and H. Dekkers. “Social cohesion and integration: learning active citizenship.” British Journal of Sociology of Education 27:2 (2006): 189-205. -Students should come with at least 1-2 ideas for their IP paper

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 2 Library database/research tools & discussion of IP articles

Date/Time/Location Fri, March 09/ 13:00-15:15/Przegorzały Castle, Euroculture computer lab/room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format Interactive seminar

Content & Aims Content: Introduction to Jagiellonian library research tools and databases; discussion of IP articles: Morje Howard, Marc & Stevensen, Nick; further discussion and brainstorming of topics. Aims: Students should feel confident in researching their topics with the databases at their disposal and have a good understanding of all the IP articles and themes, as well as a concrete IP topic.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

-Morjé Howard, Marc. “Comparative Citizenship: an agenda for cross-national research.” Perspectives on Politics 4:3 (2006): 443-455. -Stevenson, Nick. “Globalization, national cultures and cultural citizenship.” The Sociological Quarterly 38:1 (1997): 41:66.

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 3 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH(ES)

Date/Time Fri, March 16 part 1: 14:30-16:45 / Zakopane Sat, March 17 part 2: 10:00-11:30 / Zakopane

Lecturer Luc Ampleman

Format Seminar - Presentation / discussion and games

Content & Aims Content:

RESEARCH FRAMEWORK

Brief introduction to the research framework

Main steps, components and aspects of the research process: o Knowledge Base, research question(s), hypotheses production

Experimentation and observation, data, analysis, results

Products of our general experience and from scientific research o Beliefs, concepts, constructs, facts, rules, laws,

axioms/postulates, hypotheses, convention generalisation, theories, paradigms, models, insights, assumptions

Some focus and diverse methodical lines of attack in scientific research o Pure vs. applied; qualitative vs. quantitative; Inductive vs.

deductive; idiographic vs. homothetic; macro, micro, mezzo scales; longitudinal vs. cross sectional

QUESTION DESIGN

Good research topics in the social sciences

Manageable scope of research

Formulation of a relevant and clear research question

Motivation and value of the question

Designing the IP paper question(s) RESEARCH DESIGN:

Answering the research question(s)

Conceptualisation and choice of research method

The selection of units of analysis

Formulating clear and appropriate hypotheses

Acquiring the significant data o Types of data o Unobtrusive vs. obtrusive research o Data acquisition o Data selection o Data archiving and management o Limiting the Data o Review of literature

Toward data analysis and research results

Describing, explaining, discovering patterns, justifying, linking, exploring,

Possible results of academic/scientific researches

Learning Outcomes: Students will:

acquire a good knowledge base of the scientific research process; construct a well formulated research question; Learn how to answer their own research question.

Mandatory Readings

None

Suggested Further Readings

Association of Polar Early scientists (2010-2011) Career Development Webinar Series: http://www.apecs.is/webinars.

Babie E. (2007) The practice of Social Research, Thomson Wadworth, 608

pages. (Especially chapters 1 and 2)

Kallet, R.H. (2004) How to Write the Methods Section of a Research Paper. Respiratory Care, 49, NO 10, 1229-1232.

Novak, J. D. & A. J. Cañas (2006) The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them, Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.pdf

Pan, M.L. (2008) Preparing Literature Reviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Pyrczak Publishing, 189 pages.

Schimel, J. (2011) Writing Science. How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded. Oxford University Press, 240 pages.

Session Title 4 THE STATUS OF REALITY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES: EPISTEMOLOGY ISSUES AND SCIENTIFIC PARADIGMS

Date/Time Sat, March 17 / 12:00-14:15 / Zakopane

Lecturer Luc Ampleman

Format Seminar - Presentation / discussion

Content & Aims Content: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE STATUS OF REALITY;

What do we know and how do we know it? Epistemology vs. ontology

Some approaches and their methods... o Positivist approach o Constructivist approach o Other approaches

SOME PARADIGMS AND THE ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

Rationalist paradigm

Functionalism

Structuralism

Marxism

Feminism

Critical theories

Normative approach

Etc.

Learning Outcomes: Students will:

Acquire a good knowledge base of scientific concepts and paradigms; Become familiar with scientific “jargon” ; Be able to put into context a research project and/or a discussion paper.

Mandatory Readings

Alan Sokal, « Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity », Social Text 46/47, Spring/summer 1996, p. 217-252. [Please just have a first reading of the main text – don’t pay attention to the long bibliography and notes and don’t put too much effort into understanding everything]

Suggested Further Readings

Marsh, D. & Stoker, G. (2010) Theory and Methods in Political Science (Third Edition) Palgrave Macmillan: Chap 9. Pages 184-211.

Session Title 5 Introduction to qualitative & quantitative research methods

Date/Time/Location Mon, March 19/ 15:00-17:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Dr. Szymon Czarnik

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content: Introduction to science and the scientific method, general aims of scientific research, dealing with uncertainty, aiming for simplicity, particularities of social sciences, qualitative vs. quantitative methods, types of empirical social research, steps of inquiry, ethics in research.

Learning Outcomes: Students will become familiar with differences in qualitative vs. quantitative research methods and be able to map the differences in scientific inquiry. They will have a firm grasp on ethics in research and will be able to apply it to their own.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

-Babbie, Earl. The Practice of Social Research. 11th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. (61-79), (377-383), (405-416).

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 6 Introduction to qualitative & quantitative research methods: measurement, concepts & operations

Date/Time/Location Fri, March 23/ 13:00-15:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Szymon Czarnik

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content: Introduction to variables, measurement, scales, conceptualisation, typologies, structure and types of definitions, using indicators, proxies, validity and reliability of results.

Learning Outcomes: Students will become aware of the process of social research and the types of analysis available.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

-Babbie, Earl. The Practice of Social Research. 11th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. (120-148); (152-175).

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 7 IP Abstract Writing

Date/Time/Location Mon, March 26/ 15:00-16:30/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content: writing abstracts -what to do, what not to do, what to include and what is better left unsaid. Students will bring their rough abstracts to class and they will be peer-reviewed. Students will get a chance to talk about their topics and get feedback from the rest of the group.

Aims: Students should have a firm grasp on how to write an academic abstract and provide others with constructive criticism

Mandatory Readings/preparation

Students should come with a rough abstract to be peer reviewed

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 8 Gathering and analysis of secondary data

Date/Time Fri, March 30 / 13:00-16:15 / Przegorzały Castle room 1.11/computer lab

Lecturer Ewa Krzaklewska

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content:

1. Introduction: secondary data versus primary data, types of

secondary data, pros and cons of secondary data usage

2. Reliability and accuracy of secondary data – how to control and

verify quality of secondary data, comparing data from different

sources

3. Overview of main sources of secondary data: legislation, policy

papers, administrative data, demographical data, statistical data on

a given country, international data for cross country comparison,

international organisations’ data, survey data

4. How to write a desk-research report – guidelines

5. (if time allows) Public policy and data

Learning outcomes

1. Students can distinguish between primary and secondary data

2. Students can point out the pros and cons of using secondary and

primary data

3. Students realise the existence of a large amount of sources of

secondary data

4. Students know various sources of secondary data

5. Students can critically use secondary data

6. Students can compare data from different sources

7. Students know what desk research is

Homework due 7.04.2012: finding secondary data available and of different

types for your own IP paper

Mandatory Readings/preparation

Boslaugh, 2007, An introduction to secondary data, http://sfcs.cals.arizona.edu/azsearch/sites/sfcs.cals.arizona.edu.azsearch/files/Boslaugh,%202007.pdf Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Frankfort-Nachmias Chava, Nachmias David, chapter on secondary data

Paula Devine, Secondary data analysis, in: Robert L. Miller & John D.

Brewer, The A-Z of Social Research, 2003, available:

http://books.google.pl/books?id=eJlIQx_t3FAC&printsec=frontcover

&hl=pl#v=onepage&q&f=false

TASK to do while reading literature above: please list all mentioned

pros and cons (challenges) of using secondary data

Scan please through reports (please pay attention to the sources of data used): Youth - Investing and Empowering. EU Youth Report, available: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/news/doc/new_strategy/youth_report_final.pdf Youth in Europe. Statistical Portrait. Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-78-09-920/EN/KS-78-09-920-EN.PDF Chapter 2 “Youth unemployment”, UN http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/ch02.pdf Youth world Report: Youth and Climate Change, http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/WYR2010Final%20online%20version.pdf Developing Anti-discrimination Law in Europe IV - the 27 EU Member States compared, http://www.migpolgroup.com/public/docs/180.DevelopingAntiDiscinEurope_Comparativeanalysis_IV_EN_11.09.pdf WHO report, Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda, 2009, http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563857_eng.pdf

Suggested Further Readings

Archival strategies and techniques / Michael R. Hill. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, cop. 1993.

Session Title 9 Conducting interviews 1

Date/Time Mon, April 02 / 15:00-18:15

Lecturer Ewa Krzaklewska

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content

1. Introduction to in-depth interviews (IDI): characteristics of the method,

types of interviews, what data is possible to gather through interviews,

comparing a regular conversation with an in-depth interview – roles of an

interviewer and a respondent

2. Research aims and research questions for an interview research project

3. Conducting interviews: who to interview – choosing best informants,

sampling, interview guide and interview questions, recording and note-taking,

characteristics of a good interviewer

4. Designing an interview guide

Learning outcomes

1. Students can construct an interview research project (problem, aims,

research questions, sample)

2. Students can construct an interview guide

3. Students know about how to conduct an in-depth interview

4. Students know about different ways of analysing qualitative data

Homework: Prepare an interview guide

Mandatory Readings

Steinar Kvale, Doing Interviews, SAGE 2008 chapter 4 and 5 (33-66) Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement / A. N. Oppenheim, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000 chapter: the exploratory interview (65-81)

Suggested Further Readings (all books are available at some library of JU)

Steinar Kvale, Doing Interviews, SAGE 2008 (other chapters) Denzin NK, Lincoln YS (eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research. London: Sage Publications, 2000. Qualitative research : theory, method and practice / ed. by David Silverman. London : Sage Publications, 2004. Qualitative research practice : a guide for social science students and researchers / ed. Ritchie and Jane Lewis. Sage Publications, 2004. Maxwell, Joseph Alex, Qualitative research design : an interactive approach, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2005 Uwe Flick, Designing Qualitative Research , Sage 2008.

Collecting data by in-depth interviewing, Rita S. Y. Berry, Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Sussex at Brighton, September 2 - 5 1999, http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/000001172.htm (15.02.12)

Detailed Description of Sessions:

Session Title 10 Conducting interviews 2

Date/Time Wed, April 04 / 15:00-18:15 / Przegorzały Castle room 1.11

Lecturer Ewa Krzaklewska

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content: 1. In-depth interviews in practice: arranging interviews – managing

interview context

2. Practical exercise on conducting interviews: presentation of a model

interview, conducting interviews with other students, contact-keeping

3. Recording: Preparing notes, interview summary and transcripts from

conducted interviews

4. Analysing qualitative data 1: Managing the data (categorizing and

coding, condensing data, comparative analysis)

5. Analysing qualitative data 2: Writing and presenting the results of the

qualitative research; discussion on quality in qualitative methods

Homework: to conduct an interview using designed interview guide and

prepare an interview note/summary (bring to the survey 1)

Learning Outcomes: 1. Students can conduct a qualitative interview and record its outcomes

2. Students know about different ways of analysing qualitative data

3. Students know how to present results of the qualitative study

Mandatory Readings

Gibbs, Analysing qualitative data, SAGE, 2009, chapter 4 and 6 Miles, Matthew B., Qualitative data analysis : an expanded sourcebook / Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman. Sage 1994. (selected pages) Handout: Conducting Qualitative In-depth Interviews, Wiliam Marsiglio, http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/marsig/conducting.qual.interviews.PDF (15.02.12) - pages 3-5

Suggested Further Readings

Gibbs, Analysing qualitative data, other chapters Steinar Kvale, Doing Interviews, SAGE 2008, chapter 9, 10, 11 The interview: from neutral stance to political involvement. Andrea Fontana and James H. Frey, in: The Sage handbook of qualitative research / eds. Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln., Sage 2005. Miles, Matthew B., Qualitative data analysis : an expanded sourcebook / Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman. Sage 1994. Holstein, James A., The active interview / James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, cop. 1995.

Silverman, David, Interpreting qualitative data : methods for analysing talk, text and interaction / David Silverman. Sage Publications, 2006. Feldman, Martha S. Strategies for interpreting qualitative data. Thousand Oaks [etc.] : Sage Publications, cop. 1995.

Detailed Description of Sessions:

Session Title 11 Survey research design 1

Date/Time Wed, April 11 / 15:00-17:15 / Przegorzały Castle room 1.11

Lecturer Ewa Krzaklewska

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content:

1. Survey methods characteristics and usage, types of surveys/survey

methods, sampling (unit of analysis, population, sample), reliability and

validity

2. Research process: conceptualisation and operationalisation

3. Basics of measurement

Learning outcomes:

1. Students will know basics about survey research

2. Students will be able to characterise different survey methods

3. Students will be able to propose a relevant topic for a survey

4. Students will be able to operationalise research questions

Mandatory Readings

Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement / A. N. Oppenheim, pages 100-103 http://books.google.pl/books?id=6V4GnZS7TO4C&printsec=frontcover&hl=pl#v=onepage&q&f=false Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, Thomson Wadsworth, 2001; chapter: Conceptualisation, Operationalisation and Measurement. AND: Survey research: pages 254-255 (introduction, topics appropriate for survey research)

Suggested Further Readings

Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, Thomson Wadsworth, 2001, chapter: The Logic of Sampling Research methods and statistics in psychology / S. Alexander Haslam, Craig McGarty. London : SAGE Publ., 2003 (esp. chapter 5) Survey methodology / Robert M. Groves [et al.].Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 2009.

Detailed Description of Sessions:

Session Title 12 Survey Research Design 2

Date/Time Fri, April 13 /13 :00-15 :15/ Przegorzały Castle room 1.11

Lecturer Ewa Krzaklewska

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content:

1. Questionnaire design – questionnaire structure, types of questions,

most common mistakes in questionnaires of different types

2. Field work and data analysis – practicalities of survey field work,

conducting a standarised interview, coding survey data, basics of

survey analysis.

Learning outcomes: 1. Students will know how to design a questionnaire 2. Students will be able to judge the quality of the questionnaire prepared

by other party and be able to spot and correct most common mistakes done in questionnaires

3. Students will know how to arrange a survey field work

Mandatory Readings

Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, Thomson Wadsworth, 2001, chapter: Survey methods. Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement / A. N. Oppenheim, chapter 8 “Question wording” http://books.google.pl/books?id=6V4GnZS7TO4C&printsec=frontcover&hl=pl#v=onepage&q&f=false

Suggested Further Readings

Converse, Jean M. (1927- ). Survey questions : handcrafting the standardized questionnaire / Jean M. Converse, Stanley Presser. Sage Publications, [post 2005], cop. 1986. Handbook of Recommended Practices for Questionnaire Development and Testing in the European Statistical System, http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/research_methodology/documents/Handbook_questionnaire_development_2006.pdf

Session Title 13 Introduction to unobtrusive research: content/ discourse/critical discourse analysis

Date/Time/Location Mon, April 16/ 15:00-18:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format Lecture/Workshop

Content & Aims Content: Introduction to unobtrusive research, specifically: content analysis – what kind of research is suitable for this method, Discourse analysis and its linguistic roots; political discourse; media discourse; discourse in sociology. Uses of critical discourse analysis. Exercises: choosing the right method,

analysis of given texts.

Learning Outcomes: Students should become familiar with some unobtrusive methods of analysis and know if their IP topic is suitable for this kind of methodology.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

-Babbie, Earl. The Practice of Social Research. 11th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. (p.320-330); - Van Dijk, Teun. “Critical Discourse Analysis.” In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, edited by Deborah Shiffrin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi E. Hamilton, 352-372. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. -Wilson, John. “Political Discourse.” In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, edited by Deborah Shiffrin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi E. Hamilton, 398-416. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.

Suggested Further Readings

-Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. “Nine Ways of Looking at Apologies: The Necessity for Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Discourse Analysis.” In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, edited by Deborah Shiffrin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi E. Hamilton, 199-214. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. -Cotter, Colleen. “Discourse and Media.” In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, edited by Deborah Shiffrin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi E. Hamilton, 416-437. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.

Session Title 14 Qualitative & quantitative data analysis in unobtrusive research & data analysis computer programmes

Date/Time/Location Fri, April 20/ 13:00-16:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11/Computer lab

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format Lecture/Workshop

Content & Aims Content: Further discussion of discourse analysis, when to use qualitative vs. Quantitative data analysis, units of analysis, coding. Students will be introduced to one data analysis computer programme (NVivo) and will have tasks to complete with this tool.

Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to analyse and draw conclusions from texts and use computer programmes that aid in data analysis.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

Students must come with at least one text to be analyzed in class.

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 15 Evaluation Methods

Date/Time Mon, April 23 / 15:00 - 18:15 pm

Lecturer Seweryn Krupnik

Format Workshop

Content & Aims Content: Firstly, the features of evaluation research will be discussed. Practical details related to research questions, evaluation criteria and methods will be discussed. Students will prepare a draft of an evaluation project. Learning Outcomes: students will become familiar with evaluation methods of

research and be able to apply this knowledge in practice.

Mandatory Readings

Babbie, Earl. “Evaluation Methods”. In The Practice of Social Research. 11th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. (349-372)

Suggested Further Readings

Measuring Program Outcomes: A Pratical Approach. (1996) United

Way of America.

Session Title 16 IP paper – use of citations, peer reviewing, critical reflection

Date/Time/Location Fri, April 27/ 13:00-15:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format workshop

Content & Aims Content: The first part of this workshop will be dedicated to the Chicago citation style, when and how to paraphrase and when to use direct citations, issues of plagiarism, as well as technical requirements for the paper. We will also discuss essay structure and argumentation, as well as what is expected in terms of content.

Learning Outcomes: Students will become familiar with citation styles and understand the difference between paraphrasing and direct quotes and when something is considered plagiarism, over-citing and not enough citation. Students should have a firm grasp on academic essay structure and be able to formulate constructive criticism to share with their peers.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

Students should come prepared with a detailed outline of their IP paper, keeping in mind structure and argumentation.

Suggested Further Readings

Session Title 17 IP paper – use of citations, peer reviewing, critical reflection

Date/Time/Location Mon, April 30/ 15:00-17:15/Przegorzały Castle, room 1.11

Lecturer Karolina Czerska-Shaw

Format workshop

Content & Aims Content: This workshop will conclude citation styles, structure and format of the IP paper and then focus on the content of students’ work and on peer reviewing the rough draft.

Learning Outcomes: Students will be proficient in citations, structure and formatting of their IP paper and will receive final peer-advice and criticism as to the content of their paper.

Mandatory Readings/preparation

Students should come with a rough draft of their paper and be prepared to comment on each other’s work.

Suggested Further Readings