CODE 65026 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 SERVIZIO SOCIALE 8710 (L-39) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/07 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni: A B MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 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 Research strategies and different approaches. Research design and fundamentals of social research. Operative definitions of concepts, typesof variables and their relationships. Scaling techniques. Analysis methods, with regards to their specific use in social sciences. Data analysis. Sampling procedures, surveys and questionnaires. Individual and group interview techniques. Etnographic approach. AIMS AND 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 VALERIA SILVIA PANDOLFINI Ricevimento: In case of impossibility to receive students in attendance it will be adopted the Teams platform.always by previous appointment through e-mail to Valeria.pandolfini@unige.it Exam Board VALERIA SILVIA PANDOLFINI (President) LUCA SABATINI (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020II semester from February 15th to May 7th 2021 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written and oral. Students who intend to take the exam must sign up for “scritto e orale” (“written and oral”) in the appeals indicated in the exam session. Preliminary signing up to examination is compulsory. ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam will be realized in written mode (5 open questions, 4 in the manual and 1 in the reading book), with possible oral integration if requested by the professor or the student for further assessment of the preparation. All students are invited to periodically consult the page of this course on the AulaWeb e-learning portal (accessible from the University site or at: http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/). All information and materials related to this course are provided exclusively on that site. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 13/01/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 10/02/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 19/05/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 09/06/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 23/06/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 07/07/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 09/09/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale