Methodology of Social Sciences (II)

Course Information
TitleΜεθοδολογία κοινωνικών Επιστημών / Methodology of Social Sciences (II)
Code2402
FacultyTheology
SchoolTheology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorNiki Papageorgiou
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600015640

Programme of Study: Theology and Culture

Registered students: 10
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course2110
CΗristianikī Grammateía kai IstoríaEE-EMVATHYNSĪS2110
Systīmatikī THeología, Koinōniología kai Spoudī tīs THrīskeíasYE-EMVATHYNSĪS2110
Praktikī THeología kai PaidagōgikīEE-EMVATHYNSĪS2110

Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600247195
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- to get knowledge of the methods of social sciences (types, framework of application, advantages and disadvantages - to understand the possibilities of various types of qualitative and quantitative research, as well as their complementarity - to be aware of the effectiveness of these methods and to develop ideas for designing their own research
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
  • 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)
The course introduces to the research methodology of social sciences, with a series of courses that address both qualitative and quantitative research methods. More specifically, the first part of the course refers to a number of qualitative methods, such as documentary analysis, participant observation, interviews, discourse analysis and biographical analysis. The second part refers to a number of quantitative methods that includes questionnaires, statistical analysis and data analysis.
Keywords
methodology, qualitative methods, quantitative methods
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of videos, power point.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures50
Seminars40
Reading Assigment80
Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities
Written assigments80
Total250
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Γέμτος Π., Μεθοδολογία των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα 2004 Δαουτόπουλος Γ. Α., Μεθοδολογία Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, Ζυγός, Θεσσαλονίκη 2002 Duverger Maurice, Μέθοδοι Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, Αθήνα 1990 Javeau Claude, Η Έρευνα με Ερωτηματολόγιο: Το Εγχειρίδιο του Καλού Ερευνητή, Τυπωθήτω – Γ. Δάρδανος, Αθήνα 2000 Grawitz Madeleine, Μέθοδοι των κοινωνικών επιστημών Ι και ΙΙ, Οδυσσέας, Αθήνα 2006 Ιωσηφίδης Θεόδωρος – Σπυριδάκης Μ., Ποιοτική Κοινωνική Έρευνα, Κριτική, Αθήνα 2006 Κόλιν Ρόμπινσον, Η έρευνα του πραγματικού κόσμου, Gutenberg, Αθήνα 2007 Κυριαζή Ν., Η Κοινωνιολογική Έρευνα: Κριτική Επισκόπηση των Μεθόδων και των Τεχνικών, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 2001 Λάζος Γ., Το Πρόβλημα της Ποιοτικής Έρευνας στις Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες, Παπαζήσης Αθήνα 1998 Mishler E., Η συνέντευξη έρευνας, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 1996 Ντυρκάϊμ Ε., Οι Κανόνες της Κοινωνιολογικής Μεθόδου, μτφρ. Λ. Μουσούρου, Gutenberg, Αθήνα 1978 Παπαγεωργίου Γιώτα (επιμ.), Μέθοδοι στην Κοινωνιολογική Έρευνα, Τυπωθήτω – Γ. Δάρδανος, Αθήνα 1998 Παπαγεωργίου Νίκη, Η Εκκλησία στη Νεοελληνική Κοινωνία. Γλωσσοκοινωνιολογική Ανάλυση των Εγκυκλίων της Ιεράς Συνόδου, Π. Πουρναρά Θεσσαλονίκη 2001 Φίλιας Β., Εισαγωγή στη Μεθοδολογία και τις Τεχνικές των Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, Gutenberg, Αθήνα 1977 Weber Max, Η μεθοδολογία των κοινωνικών επιστημών, Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα 1991
Last Update
16-02-2023