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Philosophy of Science and Education, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued

Swedish name: Vetenskap och kunskap
This syllabus is valid: 2018-02-19 and until further notice
Syllabus for courses starting after 2018-02-19
Course code: 6PE150
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Education: Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Science and Mathematics Education
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2014-05-27
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2018-07-02

Literature

Valid from: 2015 week 26

Christ T.W
Scientific-Based Research and Randomized Controlled Trials, the “Gold” Standard? Alternative Paradigms and Mixed Methodologies
Qualitative Inquiry, 20(1) :
Mandatory

Hand David J.
Statistics : a very short introduction
Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press : 2008 : 124 s. :
ISBN: 9780199233564 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come
Johnson R.B, Onwuegbuzie A.J
Educational Researcher, 33(7) : 2004 :
Mandatory

Hesse-Biber Sharlene Nagy
The handbook of feminist research : theory and praxis
2nd ed. : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications : cop. 2012. : xxiii, 764 p. :
ISBN: 9781412980593 (cloth : alk. paper)
Mandatory
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Brown James Robert
Philosophy of science : the key thinkers
London : New York : Continuum : cop. 2012 : xi, 263 s. :
ISBN: 9781441128812
Mandatory
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Lund T
The Qualitative-Quantitative Distinction: Some comments
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 49(2) :
Mandatory

Audi Robert
The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy
2. ed. : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 1999 : xxxv, 1001 s. :
ISBN: 0-521-63136-X (inb.)
Mandatory
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Okasha Samir
Philosophy of science : a very short introduction
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2002 : 144 s. :
ISBN: 0-19-280283-6
Mandatory
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Åsberg R
Det finns inga kvalitativa metoder – och inga kvantitativa heller för den delen, Det kvalitativa-kvantitativa argumentets missvisande retorik
Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, 6 : 2001 :
Mandatory