CODE 66990 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZE PEDAGOGICHE E DELL'EDUCAZIONE 8750 (L-19) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/07 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION 8750 (coorte 2017/2018) GENERAL SOCIOLOGY 66880 2017 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW To describe the main types of social research, its phases and most widely used tools, permitting students to be involved in field research, to build tools (questionnaires, individual and group face to face interviews), to perform elementary data analysis AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to present the fundamental concepts and logic that characterize social research, with particular reference to the design and implementation of a survey path, the nature of the data, its construction, elaboration and interpretation. The course is aimed at providing students with basic literacy on the logic of the research, in its various phases and in relation to the main methods of detection and analysis of the data used. Quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques, individually and in a comparative perspective, as well as their use in the conduct of sample inquiries are examined. Particular attention is devoted to the construction and use of the questionnaire as a tool for data capture, attitudinal detection techniques and the use of statistical sampling in social research. Part of the course is devoted to the illustration and acquisition of the basic methodological and basic knowledge necessary to analyse and interpret the collected data through quantitative detection techniques, with particular reference to statistical processing and data representation. At the same time, the course aims to prepare students for the realization, delivery and analysis of qualitative instruments of social research, both through different interview techniques and ethno-methodological techniques. TEACHING METHODS Front lectures in attendance, with possibility of participation in thematic seminars on the topics discussed, aulaweb. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Specific materials in English for foreign students will be provided by the professor. Foreign students must contact the professor at the beginning of the course. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD STEFANO POLI Ricevimento: From Monday to Thursday 12: 00-14: 00 by previous appointment through e-mail to Stefano.poli@unige.it Exam Board STEFANO POLI (President) MAURO PALUMBO LESSONS LESSONS START II semester Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 08/01/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 22/01/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 05/02/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 22/05/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 04/06/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 18/06/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 02/07/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 06/09/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 20/09/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale