851-0242-08L  Research Methods in Educational Science

SemesterSpring Semester 2019
LecturersP. Edelsbrunner, T. Braas, Z. Lue, C. M. Thurn
Periodicityevery semester recurring course
Language of instructionGerman
CommentNumber of participants limited to 30.

This course unit can only be enroled after successful participation in, or imultaneous enrolment in the course 851-0240-00L "Human Learning (EW 1)" .


AbstractLiterature from learning sciences will be read and discussed. Research methods will be in focus.
At the first meeting all participants will be allocated to working groups and two further meetings will be set up with the groups.
In the small groups students will write critical short essays about the read literature. The essays will be presented and discussed in the plenum at the third meeting.
Objective- Understand research methods used in the empirical educational sciences
- Understand and critically examine information from scientific journals and media
- Understand pedagogically relevant findings from the empirical educational sciences