MIED2020 ¨C Research Methods II

Course content

This course builds on?Method I MIED2010.?

The course aims at providing you with the skills to plan and design your research in a way that is analytically powerful and practically feasible. The course will increase your understanding of the choices involved in planning and designing a research project, including the assessment of what methods are suited to deal with different research questions.?

You will, amongst other things, be introduced into various types of research designs, data collection methods, and data analysis approaches.?

Learning outcome

Upon successful completion of the course you are expected to:?

Knowledge:

??? ?have knowledge on various kinds of research designs

??? ?have a good understanding of how qualitative and quantitative research methods can be used in educational research.

Skills:

??? ?be able to identify and justify a research problem and research questions related to a certain topic.??? ?be able to develop a sufficiently coherent research design

??? ?be able to assess the appropriateness of different kinds of research designs and methodology, for instance, in terms of their transparency, validity and quality.

??? ?be able to reflect upon and assess the ethical dilemmas of data collection and analysis.

General competences:

??? ?be able to effectively plan and design research work

??? ?demonstrate critical and reflective thinking, in oral and written forms, required for independently planning and designing a research project.

Admission to the course

This course is primarily for exchange students at Bachelor level.

Depending on the number of regular programme students registered for MIED4020, there are maximum 10 places for exchange students.?

The course is coordinated with the?MIED4020?module in the Master in Education programme and accepted exchange students will have their lectures and seminars together with the master students.?

Only students who have been admitted to this course may attend the lectures, seminars and examinations. ?

Students at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Formal prerequisite knowledge:

Students must have successfully completed?MIED2010 Research Methods I?or equivalent in order to have access to this course. Equivalent courses completed outside the University of Oslo must be documented.??

Overlapping courses

• 5 credits overlap with MIED4020 ¨C Research Methods II.

Teaching

The course consists of lectures and seminars.

There is a mandatory 80% attendance requirement for this course. If you do not fulfil the mandatory attendance requirement, you must complete an additional assignment prior to passing the course. The requirement for the additional assignment is at the discretion of the lecturer.?

All the coursework is taking place at the University of Oslo Blindern campus.

Access to teaching:

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

The exam consists of the production of a general research proposal on a topic assigned to you by the course lecturer(s). You are encouraged to prepare this proposal throughout the course semester. The research proposal must be between 2000-3000 words.

Deadline for submission will be announced before the course begins.?

You must have completed the attendance requirements for this course prior to taking the final examination.?

One or more examiners will evaluate the exam. ?

The examination will count as the entire portion of the course grade.?

Digital home examination:

The home examination is conducted in the digital examination system Inspera. You will need to familiarize yourself with the digital examination arrangements in Inspera.

?Read more about home examinations using Inspera.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.

Resit an examination

Re-sit examination

• If you fail the exam you have the opportunity to re-sit the exam during the same semester.

• If you are ill?during the exam period?or have valid absence from the assignment you are allowed to re-sit the exam within the same semester.

• If you wish to retake the exam in order to improve the grade, you may do so during the next offering of the course. You have the opportunity to retake the exam without retaking the compulsory components unless there are changes to the requirements in the course in the semester that you register for retake.

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More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.