6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023917FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Jerich Faddar
Chang Zhu (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course will further develop your research skills as an educational scientist in the framework of your master thesis. You will expand your competences that will contribute to each of the steps that educational scientist conduct in their research.This will start off with the development of a research proposal, followed by specific attention on conducting different types of literature reviews. Next, the outline of different research designs and appropriate methodologies to tackle specific research questions are addressed. The course will also provide insight in practical procedures to execute a research plan, and how to approach the analysis of data. Finally, the reporting of educational research is addressed by paying attention to structure, writing style and the application of writing conventions in educational sciences.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Reader, composed by titulars, Canvas
Additional info

The course is designed by the following key approaches:

  • workshops
  • collaborative learning and group work
  • peer learning and peer review
  • self-regulation

All necessary reading material will be made available on the learning platform (Canvas)

Learning Outcomes

Generic competences

In this course, you learn:

  • how to develop a research proposal
  • to conduct and write up a literature review
  • outlining practical steps of research design
  • specific implementation of research methods
  • procedures in conducting educational research
  • to conduct specific steps in data analysis in the framework of your master thesis
  • writing up a master thesis in terms of structure, use of APA guidelines, and writing style

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Teamwork determines 50% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 30% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Group work with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Practical assignment with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Self-assessment with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Regarding the second examination period:

Components in the final mark for which the student passed in the first examination period, can be automatically transferred to the second examination period. If the student failed for the group work component in the first examination period, an alternative assignment can be provided by the course titulars.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject