Pedagogical research project at the Department of Government

Description

Writing a thesis is the final and most important step in a social scientist’s university education. The skills that the students have learned during previous courses in the discipline must be combined in the process of writing a thesis. Supported by their supervisor, students face the challenge of formulating research questions with scientific and social relevance, and answering those questions in a stringent and scientifically sound way. For the Faculty of Social Sciences and our teachers, the students’ capacity to cope with the different aspects involved in thesis writing provide an indication of how well our teaching works in general.

An invitation to participate in the project is sent to those students who were registered for a thesis writing course during the period 2022-2023 to a select number of departments at the Social Science Faculty. By participating, our students can influence how the faculty works with supervision and contribute to our ongoing process of pedagogical development. Our survey asks questions about the students’ experiences of writing a thesis and receiving supervision at Uppsala University. We target students who have finished their theses, as well as students who have started writing their thesis and had at least two meetings with their supervisor, but have not yet finished writing. The students that are invited to participate receive an e-mail with a link to the survey.

More information about the project and the students’ rights as participants in the study is available in a document that outlines information to the research participants

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the project: pedagogicalproject@statsvet.uu.se