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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
Link for online access: https://meet.google.com/qah-emsv-hvb The course has two main objectives. The first is to provide the relevant methodological and theoretical knowledge and skills, at an advanced level, which are necessary for MA students to produce an MA thesis, keeping in mind the diversity of the student group at the level of knowledge and skills, educational background, prior training and experience. The second objective is to guide individual students in developing the core design of their MA thesis project, at the level of their research questions, theoretical/conceptual framework, methods and research design, and textual structure. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (24.09.2023)
The students should fulfil all abovementioned criteria to be able to pass the course. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
Literature on research design and dissertation writing
Literature on methodology General methods literature (including research ethics)
Digital methods literature
Literature on theory and literature review
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (24.10.2023)
This is a yearlong seminar during which time the students will start from general ideas about their MA thesis topic to the development of a full MA thesis. The seminars will be structured in the following way: 1. Each student will produce an initial brief draft of proposal (by October 14), which will include the proposed primary and secondary research questions, theoretical framework, the methodological framework and methods, the research design. These initial notes will be discussed with the course lecturers and participants, and will result in an updated full draft of proposal (by October 21), that should be further discussed and adjusted due to the recommendation of the supervisor and further knowledge. 2. This phase will consist of a series of assignments and discussions dealing with: how to write an MA thesis - core components; putting methodology in practice; putting theory in practice; doing the literature review; and research ethics. These tasks and lectures will help students to improve the final MA thesis proposal outlining all core elements of the MA thesis by November 15. 4. The aim of the fourth phase is to support students in writing their MA thesis by providing peer feed-back, in-class discussions and guidance from the course lecturer. The success of the seminar largely depends on students reading and engaging with assigned texts and each other’s work. Each student should submit and defend the topic of the MA thesis and the 5-10NP of coherent text (theory or methodology). The work shoud be submitted at least 5 days before a lecture where it will be discussed. Assessments Fall semester:
Please see the research proposal form here. Schedule: October 3, 2023: Introduction; course structure; formal requirements; going through the research proposal October 10, 2023: Discussion about the topics and possible approaches; possible sources of information & literature October 17, 2023: Comments on initial brief draft of proposal; overview of research methods October 24, 2023: Comments on full draft of proposal; Mixed-methods research October 31, 2023: Qualitative research methods: Mainly interviews + CDA November 7, 2023: Quantitative research methods: Quantitative content analysis and other methods November 14, 2023: Remaining methods (on request) November 21, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 16, 2023 (23:59) November 28, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 23, 2023 (23:59) December 5, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2023 (23:59) December 12, 2023: 5 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 7, 2023 (23:59) December 19, 2023: 5 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 14, 2023 (23:59) |