Universität Wien

490054 PS School and Classroom Teaching Research (2022S)

empirical Research in adult education

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 49 - Lehrer*innenbildung
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

UPDATE 4.2.2022: Die Lehrveranstaltung wurde von Montag auf Freitag verschoben.

Friday 18.03. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 25.03. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 01.04. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 08.04. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 29.04. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 06.05. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 13.05. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 20.05. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 27.05. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 03.06. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 10.06. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 17.06. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital
Friday 24.06. 20:00 - 21:45 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Adult learning differs from more conventional contexts of schooling and requires a different approach to the identification and evaluation of learner needs and learning outcomes. In Austria, there are seven adult secondary schools (“Abendgymnasien”) that offer adults the opportunity to take preparatory courses for the ‘Reifeprüfung’ examination (“Matura”).

As part of the Cooperation School Project, the Centre for Teacher Education has been cooperating with Abendgymnasium Wien in order to develop and strengthen organisational development measures. Empirical research in adult learning thus constitutes an additional institutional gain for schools and universities by creating efficient and practice-based cooperation possibilities.

In this proseminar, which is offered in cooperation with the Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL; ÖGRL), students will gain practical insights into the organizational structures of an Austrian adult secondary school and participate in processes of school development by means of their own empirical research activities. In doing so, students will gain experience in a mostly unfamiliar andragogical field of practice while at the same time being introduced to the reflection of practice. Students learn to use methods of the social sciences such as, inter alia, classroom observation, questionnaire development, research interviews etc. and to perform analyses and evaluations of the data collected.

Real-life encounters and cooperation between teachers, academics and students are at the heart of the seminar and serve to enable students to carry out practical empirical research in an adult secondary school.

Empirical research is conducted in project teams and based on established approaches taken from social research methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method designs. Importantly, the questions to be dealt with in the project teams are obtained from andragogical practice in one of an adult secondary school and are selected due to their perceived significance by the institutions.

Students will frequently interact with the adult secondary school assigned to them. The project teams develop their own questions within the framework of the given framework topic and choose an appropriate research design in consultation with the course leader.
Towards the end of the semester, project teams provide research results that can be used for further projects. Delivering presentations and engaging in related exercises within their project teams, participants obtain an overview of the most common empirical research methods and are able to apply them directly to andragogical practice.

In addition to working in project teams during the course, students will make use of the resources on Moodle, which will support and facilitate communication among the participants.

In the course, the students will
• become acquainted with basic knowledge and skills in social science research methods,
research ethics and data protection law
• acquire skills of analysis and reconstruction by means of mixed-method analysis
• develop media skills through working with virtual learning platforms
• plan, carry out and reflect on teamwork
• obtain insights into project work and project management and apply these insights to a specific project
• gain experience in writing systematic and scientific reports
• develop skills in reflection

Assessment and permitted materials

The following criteria are used to assess students‘ performance:
• regular attendance and active participation (including online and on-site presence)
• willingness and ability to work in a team (assuming a certain role and area of responsibility)
• willingness and ability to carry out a research project in a team: (formulation of research
question / selection of research design / data collection / evaluation / presentation of results)
• ability to write a systematic and collaborative research report
• ability to keep a comprehensive and structured research diary
• willingness and ability to reflect on project work undertaken
• willingness and ability to engage in self-assessment of own learning processes

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Due to the process-related nature of the course, regular attendance is a basic requirement. In the case of special circumstances, up to four hours may be excused. This decision lies at the discretion of the course leader.
The submission of the written project report is obligatory.
Assessment scale:
• Participation: 20 points
• Presentation: 30 points
• Project report: 50 points

A positive assessment of the course requires 60 points:
• Sehr gut (1): 100-90 points
• Gut (2): 89-80 points
• Befriedigend (3): 79-70 points
• Genügend (4): 69-60 points
• Nicht genügend (5): 59-0 points

Examination topics

See ‘Information‘ above.

The seminar will be conducted in cooperation with

./1 Bundesgymnasium, Bundesrealgymnasium und Wirtschaftskundliche Realgymnasium für Berufstätige, Brünner Straße 72, A-1210 Vienna and

Reading list

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Barnes, Jonathan (2018): Applying cross-curricular approaches creatively. Abingdon: Routledge.

Craft, Anna (2005): Creativity in schools: tensions and dilemmas. Abingdon: Routledge.

Cross-Durrant, Angela (2006): Lifelong education in the writings of John Dewey. International Journal of Lifelong Education 3(2), 115-125.

Eco, Umberto (2015): How to write a thesis. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Esselborn-Krumbiegel, Helga (2014) (3rd edition): Richtig wissenschaftlich schreiben. Wissenschaftssprache in Regeln und Übungen. Paderborn: Schöningh.

Knotzer, Stefan & Leisser, Daniel (2020): Die Datenschutzerklärung: Compliance in klarer und einfacher Sprache. Vienna: LexisNexis.

Latour, Bruno (1987): Science in action: how to follow scientists and engineers through society. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Latour, Bruno & Woolgar, Steve (1979): Laboratory life: the social construction of scientific facts. London: Sage.

Green [Leisser], Daniel. 2021. Die partizipative Lücke im österreichischen Mandatsverfahren: Handlungswissen und Einstellungen bei Akteuren der Strafverfolgung. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Moore, Michael G. (ed.) (2013): Handbook of distance education. Abingdon: Routledge.

Moser, Heinz (2014): Instrumentenkoffer für die Praxisforschung: eine Einführung. Freiburg: Lambertus.

Schön, Donald A. (1983): The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action. London: Template Smith.

Seawright, Jason (2016): Multi-method social science: combining qualitative and quantitative tools. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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