736A36 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Barn
Research Methods and Epistemology in Child Studies
Active · next start VT 2027
91%
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EXA4 · 22 Feb 2026 · 11 students
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EXA4 · 70 students
Part of 1 programme
Exam
EXA4 Essay: Written individual assignment
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Exam
EXA2 Seminar: Opposition and discussion of research plans
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About the course
Aim
After completion of the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to:
- identify, describe and critically discuss various epistemological, theoretical and methodological perspectives in Child Studies; and account for their potentials and limitations.
- independently and in a well-informed way identify and formulate a research problem that is relevant to Child Studies
- produce a research plan that describes how the study may be completed within a given time frame, using adequate methods and epistemological perspectives and;
- account for and critically evaluate research plans orally and in writing.
Content
The course deals with different epistemological foundations in Child Studies. It demonstrates the significance of epistemology for the choice of methods both for collection of data and their analysis. The course furthermore studies the relationship between research questions, research methods and theoretical and epistemological positions. One part of the course involves the independent and well-informed identification and formulation of a research problem relevant to Child Studies, as well as the writing of a research plan that describes how the problem may be studied within a given time frame using adequate methods and epistemological perspectives.
- Examiner
- Lina Söderman Lago
- Main field of study
- Barn