SDP405 Rammer for PhD-studiet
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Emneansvarlige: Timothy Kevin Richardson
Studiepoeng: 5
Ansvarlig fakultet: Fakultet for landskap og samfunn
Frekvens: Annually, in the autumn semester
Undervises på språk: EN
(NO=norsk, EN=Engelsk)
(NO=norsk, EN=Engelsk)
Begrensning antall plasser:
12
Undervises i periode:
The course is run in the Autumn block and in 2018 will be held on 24th-25th September, and 30th October - 1st November.
Første gang: Studieår 2018-2019
Fortrinnsrett: PhD candidates enrolled at the Faculty of Landscape and Society
Undervises hvor?: Campus Ås
Emnets innhold:
Læringsutbytte:
The aim of the course is to develop a thorough understanding of research design. Participants should be familiar with different challenges for research design, and the strengths and weaknesses of alternative research designs. The student should have a good idea of what constitutes quality in research design, and be aware of different kinds of ethical challenges arising in research, and ways of handling them.
Læringsaktiviteter:
The course will be based on an interactive workshop format, with lectures, full group and small group discussions and exercises. We will also work with partners and self-study.
Læringsstøtte:
Teacher-led seminars. Workshop based supervision and feedback from teachers and fellow students.
Pensum:
The course reading is selected to cover different research designs that will be useful for the PhD candidates that attend the course. It will cover research strategies that fit well with different theory of science approaches, as well as different kinds of methodology.
Key text: Farthing, S. (2016) Research design in urban planning: a student`s guide. London: Sage.
Indicative reading:
Biggs, M. & Karlsson, H. (2011). The Routledge companion to research in the arts. London: Routledge.
Blakie, N. (2000) Designing social research. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Creswell, J.W. (2009) Research design: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. London: Sage. (chapter 6: The purpose statement).
Deming, M.E. and Swaffield, S. (2011) Landscape architecture research: inquiry, strategy, design. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and sons.
Edmonds, W.A., Kennedy, T.D. (2016) An Applied Guide to Research Designs: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods. London: Sage.
Flyvbjerg, B. (2001) Making social science matter: why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Goodson, P. (2013) Becoming an academic writer: 50 exercises for paced, productive and powerful writing, London: Sage.
Maggetti, M., Gilardi, F. & Radaelli, C.M. (2013) Designing Research in the Social Sciences. Sage. della Porta, D. and Keating, M. (eds.) (2008) Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences: a pluralist perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O`Leary, Z. (2006) Researching Real-World Problems: A Guide to Methods of Inquiry. London: Sage.
Muratovksi, G. (2016) Research for designers: a guide to methods and practice. London: Sage.
Reason, P. and Bradbury, H. (eds.) (2008)The Sage Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice. London: Sage.
Forutsatte forkunnskaper:
Enrolled as PhD candidate
Anbefalte forkunnskaper:
Participants must submit the current version of their PhD research proposal (preferably in English) at least one week before the course starts. The proposal should include an abstract.
Preparatory reading: Participants should read all abstracts submitted to the course. They could also have made themselves familiar with the content of the reading list.
Participants will also be allocated project descriptions to analyse and give feedback to fellow participants, as critical friends.
Obligatorisk aktivitet:
70% attendance, including participation in individual and group exercises, and giving feedback to others.
Vurderingsordning:
The assessment is based on:
1. Active participation in the course sessions
2. A research project proposal submitted after the end of the course
3. A reflective report of up to 1000 words on how the candidate has improved their research design during the course
Submission dates for parts 2 and 3: 14th December 2018.
Sensor:
The external censor will read and assess all the submitted coursework.
Merknader:
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Normert arbeidsmengde:
Five full days of workshops including lectures, seminars, discussions (35 hrs). In addition, 115 hrs of preparation, reading and independent work.
Opptakskrav:
Participants must be part of a PhD programme
Overlapp:
Complete overlap with ILP405
Undervisningstid:
Five full days of lectures, seminars, discussions (35 hrs)
Theme 1: We get to know each other. Participants´ backgrounds, projects and goals for the PhD will be shared and discussed. Short presentations by students, exercises and inspiration.
Theme 2: Research questions. How do we develop good research questions (and related framing of scientific problems) and research aims?
Theme 3: Research designs by experienced researchers. Several researchers will come and talk about different aspects of research design, in relation to their own research projects. There will be room for discussions in plenary.
Theme 4: Presentations by students. All students present their own research designs. We assign discussants, and discuss them in depth.
Theme 5: Ask a PhD student. Several experienced PhD students present the main challenges in their research design, and how they have solved them. Plenary discussions.
Theme 6: Research ethics. Lecture(s) on research ethics followed by an open discussion in the group. exercise on ethical challenges particular to participants' research designs. Exercises in smaller groups and well as plenary discussion.
Longitudinal work: During the semester, the participants are expected to work on their PhD research designs.
Eksamensdetaljer: Langsgående vurdering: Bestått / Ikke bestått