The teaching and learning of social research methods: developments in pedagogical knowledge

Nind, Melanie; Kilburn, Daniel; Luff, Rebekah

doi:10.1080/13645579.2015.1062631

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“…This accords with Putnam et al, who observed the pedagogic literature is often characterized by 'first person reflections about teaching accessibility' [20]. Reflective case studies of pedagogical practice and development have value for establishing knowledge in a field and collectively such work can contribute to the much needed task of building pedagogic culture [18]. However, there is a need for the field to move beyond accounts of specific modules and teaching teams so educators can call upon a substantive body of literature characterized by systematic debate, cross-case investigation and evaluation of teaching and learning to inform their practice.…”

Section: Current Pedagogies?supporting

confidence: 65%

Exploring pedagogical culture for accessibility education in computing science

Lewthwaite

Sloan²

2016

Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference

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This paper identifies some of the challenges of teaching and learning accessibility through the lens of pedagogy (which deals with the theory and practice of education). We argue that accessibility education in computing science presents a set of unique and challenging characteristics for those engaged in accessibility capacity building. Significant moves are being made to embed accessibility within academic curricula and professional domains. However, through a qualitative thematic review of the accessibility pedagogic literature, we find that the field lacks the pedagogic culture necessary to support widespread excellence in teaching and learning. Nonetheless, our review identifies aspects of this small but important literature that indicate how a pedagogic culture for accessibility can be stimulated through research, debate and discussion, to promote a more pedagogically-grounded approach to the field as a whole.

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Section: Current Pedagogies?supporting

confidence: 65%

Exploring pedagogical culture for accessibility education in computing science

Lewthwaite

Sloan²

2016

Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference

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“…Despite the growing corpus of research in methods pedagogy, this literature is marginal when compared with discussions of social science methodology (Nind et al, 2015a). Moreover, as Nind et al, (2015a) argue, to date, work that is published tends to comprise narratives of specific pedagogic examples, based on the experience of a single teaching team with one or two cohorts of students.…”

Section: From Thematic and Systematic Review To Empirical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, as Nind et al, (2015a) argue, to date, work that is published tends to comprise narratives of specific pedagogic examples, based on the experience of a single teaching team with one or two cohorts of students. The trend they observed, of reflection, both as a key pedagogic theme and the dominant research method (e.g.…”

Section: From Thematic and Systematic Review To Empirical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Expert Perspectives on Pedagogy and Practice

Lewthwaite

Nind

2016

British Journal of Educational Studies

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Capacity building in social science research methods is positioned by research councils as crucial to global competitiveness. The pedagogies involved, however, remain under-researched and the pedagogical culture under-developed. This paper builds upon recent thematic reviews of the literature to report new research that shifts the focus from individual experiences of research methods teaching to empirical evidence from a study crossing research methods, disciplines and nations. A dialogic, expert panel method was used, engaging international experts to examine teaching and learning practices in advanced social research methods. Experts, perspectives demonstrated strong thematic commonalities across quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods domains in terms of pedagogy, by connecting learners to research, giving direct and immersive experiences of research practice and promoting reflexivity. This paper argues that through analysis of expert responses to the distinct pedagogic challenges of the methods classroom, the principles and illustrative examples generated can form the knowledge and understanding required to enhance pedagogic culture and practice.

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“…If we are teaching systematic review to education researchers we do not have the option of identifying best evidence to bring to bear on the specific challenge. However, the pedagogy of research methods is a nascent field; interest in it is gathering momentum, stimulated in part by reviews of the literature that I discuss next, identification of the need for pedagogic research to inform capacity building strategy (Nind et al 2015) and new research purposefully designed to develop the pedagogic culture (Lewthwaite and Nind 2016;Nind andLewthwaite 2018a, 2018b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Teaching Systematic Review

Nind

2019

Systematic Reviews in Educational Research

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This chapter is about teaching systematic review; it is not, however, the product of a systematic review. It combines and builds on insights from two sets of research experiences: being taught about how to conduct systematic reviews ahead of doing this myself, and more recently, conducting study of the Pedagogy of Methodological Learning for the National Centre for Research Methods in the UK. The latter engaged teachers and learners in the process of building capability and capacity in the co-construction of understandings of what is important in teaching and learning advanced social science research methods, including systematic review. The chapter advocates teaching systematic review in ways that support critical thinking, utilising deep knowledge of the method and a willingness to be reflexive and open about its messy realities.

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The teaching and learning of social research methods: developments in pedagogical knowledge

Cited by 51 publications

References 17 publications

Exploring pedagogical culture for accessibility education in computing science

Exploring pedagogical culture for accessibility education in computing science

Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Expert Perspectives on Pedagogy and Practice

Teaching Systematic Review

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