Předmět Methodology of the Soc. Sc. and Soc. W. (FSS / E4KAM)

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Materiál	Typ	Datum	Počet stažení

Obsah

First TutorialCurrent conception of scientific cognition: Origin, paradigms and tendencies of modern science. Conception of processes of scientific cognition and thinking, the language of science. Empirical foundations of scientific investigation. Logical foundations for constructing scientific theories - axiomatic-deductive and inductive approach to theory formation. The problem of verification and falsification, testing of hypotheses. Normative and non-normative cognition of social reality. Nomological explanation in social sciences. Nomological explanation and humanity interpretation.Second tutorialBasics of scientific methodology: defining the terms of methodology of science, scientific method and methodology of scientific work. Choosing methodology and setting research objectives. Choosing scientific procedures and scientific methods. Procedures of scientific approaches to the reality under cognition (research). Quantitative and qualitative strategies in social sciences. Procedures of arranging the obtained knowledge (law and rule in social sciences and humanities, theory of social sciences). The main scientific procedures - observation, measurement, experiment, analogies and modelling, explanation and prediction. Scientific explanation in the form of deductive inference based on the scientific law, and in the form of subsumption to a theory. Explanation types from the perspective of the relationship character between explanandum and explanans (non-probabilistic and probabilistic explanation types). Prediction and the problem of determinism. Narrative model in social sciences. The opposite of explanatory and interpretive interpretation.Third tutorialMethodology of knowledge about humans: basic paradigms of anthropological reflections. Methodological approaches to the concept of a human in philosophy and in special sciences (their conflicts and heuristic benefits). The problem of objectivity, universality, relativity, pluralism, veracity and legitimacy of knowledge in sciences dealing with humans and society.Fourth tutorialPossibilities and limits of applying methodology of sciences dealing with humans and society in social work: methodology and character of social work objects, the problem of specific methods in social work, theory in social work and hypothesis formation, choosing research methods, limits of general and specific applications, research projects.

Získané způsobilosti

Student gains new knowledge, skills and competences in research metodology and techniques used in social science. By the analysis and comparision of particular issues and approaches s/he trains argumentation and interpretation skills developer in seminar discussions. Based on text analysis, critical thinking method, self-reflection and synthesis of gained knowledge s/he elaborates textual research tasks that are presented at seminars.

Literatura

Feyerabend, P. K. Against method. 3rd ed. London: Verso, 1993. Strauss, A., Corbin, J. Basics of qualitative research: grounded theory procedures and techniques. 3rd ed. Los Angeles, Calif.: Sage, 2008. Giddens, A. New Rules of Sociological Method. A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies. London: Hutchinson, 1976. Pole, Ch. J., Lampart, R. Practical Social investigation: qualitative and quantitative methods in social research. London: Pearson Education Limited, 2002. Haseman, P., Adams, A. Reflecting Well on Social Work Practice: Professional Competence, Reflecting and Research. Educational Action Research 6. 1998. Rubin, A., Babbie, E. Research Methods for Social Work. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1984. Reid, W. L. Research on Task-centered Practice. Social Work Research 21, 3: 132-137.The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences. (ed. Kaplan, D.W.). London: Sage Publications, 2004. Strategies of qualitative inquiry. (eds. Denzin, N., Lincoln, Y.S.). Los Angeles [u.a.]: Sage, 2013. Kuhn, T.S. Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 4th edition. Chicago. London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Clough, P., Nutbrown, C. Student s Guide to Methodology: Justifying Enquiry. London: Sage Publications, 2007. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research (eds. Denzin, N., Lincoln, Y.S.). London: Sage Publications, 2005.

Požadavky

Written outputs: - two investigations of the mandatory and one of the recommended literature (usually in the proportion of 1:10) - one review of the mandatory literature (with the extent of up to 6 standard pages); - one professional essay applying findings of the recommended literature (with the extent of 15-20 standard pages); - one expert study (with the extent of up to 15 pages). Formal requirements for the texts: compliance with the CSN ISO 690 standard. Deadline for submitting the texts: a month before the exam.

Garant

doc. PhDr. Jelena Petrucijová, CSc.

Vyučující

doc. PhDr. Jelena Petrucijová, CSc.