Course Objectives

• To introduce the meaning and importance of research methodology in social sciences.
• To understand different types and strategies of research processes.
• To identify various concept of research, such as topics, objectives, literature reviews, hypotheses, measurements, data collection, and data analysis.
• To follow the ethics of social sciences research and researcher’s code of conduct.

In this course, I share the meaning and significance of academic methods and methodologies in personal, educational, and professional contexts through personal and practical experience and research across a variety of topic areas and disciplines.

Learning and mastering research methods strengthen and validate our objective minds while gaining self-respect and self-confidence.

Learning how to engage in academic discourse and innovate original work are dynamic life-long skills. In this way, conducting research strengthens and validates the objective mind while gaining self-respect and self-confidence.

• Publishing opens doors to other professional opportunities.
• Research increases graduate school and scholarship prospects.
• Research provides the practical ability to meet personal and professional needs.
• Understanding research methods and publishing are key to individual and academic development.

A research adviser provides structure and guidance throughout the research process, including topic selection, identifying appropriate methods, and helping you to organize field results into narrative discussion worthy of publication.

A research adviser may also help to:

• Open doors to local organizations and businesses.
• Inspire field experiences and arrange personal interviews.
• Forge life-long networks leading to future academic accomplishment.
• Develop and outline the publication process across fields and disciplines.
• Receive feedback from other scholars, reviewers and conference participants.

Widely used as a university textbook in the early sixteenth century, particularly in Germany, it is a book of historical significance and sheds light on university curriculum and collective scientific knowledge at the close of the Middle Ages, 500-600 years ago.

Separated into twelve chapters, Maragrita Philosophica covers traditional subjects of the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, astronomy); and four chapters address natural philosophy, including the elements, meteorology, alchemy, the plant and animal kingdoms, optics and memory. The final sections and topics include heaven, hell, purgatory; and the book concludes with a chapter on moral philosophy, reflecting the period when church, state and education were closely integrated.

When looking to publish our research, the scientific method should be formatted in nine sections.

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature review
4. Methods and materials
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
8. References
9. Appendix

Summary

• 1 | Introduction
• 2 | Materials and Methods
• 3a | Results | Text
• 3b | Results | Tables
• 3c | Results | Figures
• 4a | Discussion | The Light Side
• 4b | Discussion | The Dark Side
• 5 | Preparing the Abstract
• 6 | Submission of the Paper
• 7 | Dealing with Referee's Report
• 8 | How to Make a Poster
• 9 | Scientific Fraud
• 10 | Academic Humor

Choosing a journal and developing the paper

The core of the workshop will consist of choosing a journal that you judge to be suitable, how to write the introduction, how to write the materials and methods, how to describe your results with its graphs, tables and captions for figures, and how to write a proper discussion of your results and their implications from what the results show and compared to what was already known. The critical importance of using and formatting references correctly, and making sure that all references are included, will be discussed.

Personal interviews are good way to collect original information from individuals and experts on a given topic. Recording personal interviews on video provides an accountable record which can be reviewed and shared with others.

Please visit my Personal Interview Page for more examples.