851-0242-08L Research Methods in Educational Science
| Semester | Spring Semester 2018 |
| Lecturers | P. Edelsbrunner, M. Berkowitz Biran, Z. Lue, B. Rütsche |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Comment | Number 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)" . |
| Abstract | Literature 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. |
| Learning 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 |