Résumé de section

  • TTU Syllabus

     

     

    Semester one:

    -   L1: What is research? 

    -   L2: Characteristics of academic research, objectives of research ,Qualities of researchers.

    -   L3: Ways of knowing:

    -   Intuition

    -   Tenacity

    -   Common sense

    -   Expert authority

    -   Sensory perception

    -   Reasoning/ logic

    -   L4: Critical thinking :

    -   Higher order thinking skills / lower order thinking skills

    -   The distinction between fact and opinion

    -   Scepticism as a major component of CT

    -   L5: Philosophies (paradigms) of research: positivism vs Interpretivism

    -   L6: The scientific method

    -   L7: quantitative/ interpretive research

     Semester two :

     L8: Components of a published research work (an example is provided from both types: quantitative and qualitative research): 

    -   Title / abstract

    -   Introduction

    -   Literature review

    -   Research methodology

    -   Results and discussion

    -   Conclusion

     

     

     

    General goal :

    Is to introduce the students to the methodology of research in social sciences and to demonstrate the application of research to your academic and professional career by using the scientific method. Your understanding of research methods will undoubtdly be useful in your academic career when you conduct an independent research project