Research Methods and Tools
| Title | Μέθοδοι και Εργαλεία Έρευνας / Research Methods and Tools |
| Code | Λογ 591 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600004004 |
Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA METAPTYCΗIAKŌN SPOUDŌN 2016-2017
Registered students: 6
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglikés kai Amerikanikés Spoudés | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600115814
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600115814
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
• Ability to organize a research project
• Ability to use the search engines and data bases expertly
• Ability to write a coherent and well-substantiated research paper
• Ability to evaluate and criticize the work of others
• Ability to produce original ideas and contribute to scholarship
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course introduces students to the principles and practices of advanced research and research-paper writing. It instructs students on how to research a topic in both printed and electronic sources, using various search engines and specialist data bases. It also teaches students how to handle bibliographic reference systems (such as that of the MLA), how to treat secondary sources critically, and how to determine a suitable theoretical perspective for their topic. Special attention will be paid to distinguishing one’s own voice in writing from the voice of the critics and how to locate and express original ideas.
Keywords
Research methods, writing research paper
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Access to the Elearning platform and powerpoint presentations.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | 0.9 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 26 | 0.9 | |||
| Written assigments | 85.5 | 3.1 | |||
| Total | 137.5 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
in class participation/ oral presentations
research paper
Student Assessment methods
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
Axelrod, Rise B., and Charles R. Cooper. Reading Critically, Writing Well.
Barnet & Stubb’s Practical Guide to Writing with Readings,7th ed.
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research.
Fabb, Nigel, and Alan Durant. How to Write Essays, Dissertations & Theses in Literary Studies.
Muller, Gilbert H., and John A. Williams. Ways In: Approached to Reading and Writing about Literature and Film.
Watson, George. Writing a Thesis: A Guide to Long Essays and Dissertations.
Last Update
08-04-2016
