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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| PRESCHOOL EDUCATION (MASTER) (WITH THESIS) | |
| Code | OÖ704 |
| Name | Research Methods and Ethics |
| Term | 2025-2026 Academic Year |
| Term | Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. ÖZKAN ÖZGÜN |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to enhance graduate students’ understanding of the ethical principles and practical approaches that guide the entire research process—from initial design to final reporting. Students will explore key concepts including the nature of scientific inquiry, research paradigms, design strategies, and data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative). In parallel, the course will address the ethical dimensions of research, such as informed consent, confidentiality, justice and equity in participation, conflict of interest, and the role of ethics review boards. By combining foundational knowledge in research methodology with a critical awareness of research ethics, the course prepares students to conduct responsible and effective scholarly inquiry in education.
Course Content
In this course, the participants will learn, discuss, and critique the topics on human inquiry and science, paradigms, theory, and research, ethical issues in social research, the tthical controversies, research designs, conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement, index, scales, and typologies, the logic of sampling.
Course Precondition
None.
Resources
Babbie, E. (2021). The practice of social research. (15th Ed.). Cengage.
Notes
Harvard University (n.d.). Protecting human research participants training. Cambridge.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explains the nature of human inquiry and key concepts of scientific research. |
| LO02 | Compares different research paradigms and theoretical approaches and evaluates their implications in social sciences. |
| LO03 | Applies the stages of conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement in a social research process using concrete examples. |
| LO04 | Analyzes controversial ethical issues in social research and develops context-sensitive solutions. |
| LO05 | Compares various research designs and justifies the selection of an appropriate design for a specific research question. |
| LO06 | Explains the process of constructing indexes, scales, and typologies and generates original examples. |
| LO07 | Analyzes the logic of sampling in social research and evaluates the appropriateness of different sampling methods. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Describes and defines different scientific research methods and analyses used in social sciences. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Thoroughly explains the educational and developmental issues related to early childhood education. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines, describes and explains teaching strategies, methods and techniques. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the interactions among different disciplines related to her/his field of study. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Relates knowledge in the field of early childhood education to the knowledge in other fields. | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of study at expert level. | |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Critically reviews and reflects on the national and international approaches to early childhood education. | |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Plans and executes a scientific research study. | 5 |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Applies different teaching strategies, methods and techniques. | |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Independently executes a study that requires expertise in his/her field. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Works in a team and/or acts as a leader to solve problems in her/his field. | 4 |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Questions and inquires into the social and scientific topics in a critical manner and is open to new perspectives. | 5 |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Executes studies in her/his field of study in accordance with the life long learning perspective. | 4 |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Becomes sensitive to and follows the social and technological developments. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Presents a research study that s/he conducted in the field of early childhood education to a group of experts or non-experts orally, visually or in writing, | 5 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Utilizes the information and communication technologies effectively. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Proficiently uses one of the languages in the European Language Portfolio at the level that enables her/him understand the knowledge base related to her/his field of study, communicate orally and verbally. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Acts in accordance with the social, scientific, cultural and ethical standards when conducting a scientific research or concluding projects. | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human Inquiry and Science | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması |
| 2 | Paradigms, Theory, and Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 3 | Ethical Issues in Social Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması, Örnek Olay |
| 4 | Ethical Controversies and Politics of Social Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması, Örnek Olay |
| 5 | Research Design | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 6 | The Time Dimension in Research Design | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 7 | Conceptualization, Operationalization and Measurement in Social Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Index Construction in Scales in Social Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 10 | Scales and Typologies in Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 11 | The Logic of Sampling | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 12 | Types of Sampling Designs | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 13 | Experiments in Social Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Örnek Olay, Grup Çalışması |
| 14 | Survey Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 15 | Qualitative Field Research | Reading the related materials and reviewing the related literature | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Örnek Olay |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 17 | 3 | 51 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 17 | 3 | 51 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 150 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,00 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||