Syllabus for Sociology of Education, Methods

Utbildningssociologi, metoder

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 4UK027
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology of Education A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2008-03-11
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2019-06-20
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Spring 2020
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree including at least 90 credits from a discipline pertaining to the social sciences or the humanities.

  • Responsible department: Department of Education

Decisions and guidelines

The course is part of the Master's Programme in Sociology of Education.

Learning outcomes

Students should be able to construct a research object, design a scientific study and write a research plan.

After completion of the course students are expected to be able to

  • analyse and evaluate how various methods and materials interact with research questions in scientific literature
  • formulate research questions in relation to research traditions and the current state of research and apply appropriate methods to relevant empirical data
  • relate educational research to scientific traditions
  • write a research plan

Content

The course is devoted to research design, formulation of research questions and construction of research objects as well theory of science. The course results in the writing of a research plan.

Instruction

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment

The assessment is based on written assignments.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Spring 2023

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

About 200 pages of examples from scientific investigations taken from earlier reading lists or other studies can be added by the course management. The reading list for a 7.5-credit course comprises about 1000 pages, for a 15-credit course about 2000 pages.

  • Passeron, Jean-Claude; Bourdieu, Pierre; Chamboredon, Jean-Claude The Craft of Sociology : Epistemological Preliminaries

    Berlin: De Gruyter, 1991

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Boelaert, Julien; Ollion, Étienne The Great Regression : Machine Learning, Econometrics, and the Future of Quantitative Social Sciences

    Part of:

    Revue française de sociologie [Elektronisk resurs]

    Paris: Julliard, [1960]-

    Article

    vol. 59 (2018) nr. 3 s. 475-506

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Bourdieu, Pierre; Wacquant, Loïc J. D. An invitation to reflexive sociology

    Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1992

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Bourdieu, Pierre; Accardo, Alain The weight of the world : social suffering in contemporary society

    Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1999

    "Understanding", 20 pages

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Desrosières, Alain The History of Statistics as a Genre : Styles of Writing and Social Uses

    Part of:

    BMS: Bulletin of Sociological Methodology / Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique

    Sage Publications,

    Article

    vol. 119 (2013) nr. 1 s. 8-23

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Lange, Matthew Comparative-historical methods

    1st ed.: Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2013

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Mills, C. Wright The sociological imagination

    Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press, 2000.

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Good Research Practice

    Swedish Research Council, 2017

    Good Research Practice

    Mandatory

  • Wacquant, Loïs Inside "the Zoon"

    Part of:

    The weight of the world : social suffering in contemporary society

    Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1999

    s. 140-167

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

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