Thesis Seminar III

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of scientific methodology

Teaching Methods

The seminars will emphasize active methods of teaching and learning notwithstanding times presentation and deepening of the specific content by teachers. Work on bi-learning system combining classroom sessions with synchronous sessions. A schedule of activities and intermediate papers will be undertaken by students but always related to the own research. The site of discipline shall be used as support

Learning Outcomes

The Thesis Seminar III aims to provide further support to the preparation of the thesis and in particular with regard to empirical research and the adequacy of the data collection methodologies to the respective problems, objectives, and study population.

At the end of the course the PhD student should be able to build a research protocol suitable to the respective objectives and subject of study

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

From Epistemology to data

1. Strategies to ground access and methodological research design

2. Constraints and processes to overcome

3. Validity (internal and external) and limits of research

4. The importance of data triangulation and processes

Head Lecturer(s)

Helena da Silva Neves dos Santos Almeida

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 40.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 60.0%

Bibliography

Para além da bibliografia específica referente a cada temática de estudo, são recomendadas as seguintes obras, entre outras:

In addition to specific references for each subject of study, the following works are recommended, among other:

Shaw, I. and Holland, S. (2014) Doing Qualitative Research in Social Work. London: Sage Publication

Shaw, I. (2012) Practice and Research Aldershot: Ashgate.

Thye, Bruce (2010). The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods. Sage Publications Inc.