| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| HTC6001 | Research Methods | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. EMİNE ÖZEN EYÜCE |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims at to enhance the students', as future researchers’, abilities to build, articulate, present their thought and arguments. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Discuss the philosophical and epistomological roots of research, II.Differentiate the research methodologies in pozitivist and post positivist approaches, II. Design a resarch, IV. Critically evaluate and conceptualize the results of a research findings, V. Present the research findings in verbal and written format. |
| The philosophical and epistemological foundations of scientific inquiry; fundamental issues distinguishing positivist versus postpositivist approaches to scientific inquiry; various alternative approaches to research, methodology and design (surveys, experiments, interpretive research); the issues and the criteria in the assessment of the “quality” or the “goodness” of scientific research critical considerations in the conceptualization (theoretical framing) of a study |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Thinking about Research – Philosophical Foundations & Debates | ||
| 2) | What is Science (and Interpretation and Judgement)? | ||
| 3) | Science, Scientific Research and Methodology | ||
| 4) | Introduction to Philosophy of Science | ||
| 5) | Introduction to Philosophy of Science (continued) | ||
| 6) | Human Inquiry | ||
| 7) | Scientific Rigor & Development | ||
| 8) | Scientific Rigor & Development (continued) | ||
| 9) | Science, Rationality, Explanation, Discovery & Discourse | ||
| 10) | Philosophy and Epistemology of Research in Social Sciences | ||
| 11) | Current debates: Alternative Views and Issues | ||
| 12) | Theory, Theory Development/Building, and Theory Testing | ||
| 13) | Evaluation of Research | ||
| 14) | Evaluation of Research | ||
| Course Notes: | 1. Losee, John 2001, A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th ed., Oxford Univ. 2. Chalmers, Alan F. 1999, What is this Thing Called Science?, 3rd ed., Hackett Publishing 3. Kuhn, Thomas, 1996, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd ed., Univ. of Chicago Press 4. Bernstein, Richard J., 1983, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 5. Popper, Karl, 1985, Popper Selections, Ed. David W. Miller, Princeton, NJ: Princeton 6. Latour Bruno and Steve Woolgar, 1986, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts, Princeton |
| References: | Will be given when necessary |
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