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Généralités
- M1 students (All Groups) will be invited for Online Lectures in the coming weeks. You will be informed about the Day/Date on time.
Course Description and Contents
Students are recommended to answer the following in-take home test to help them revise theme one and two. The test will not be neither assessed nor scored. A test answer key will be posted next week. The students could send an email for any questions or concerns at chaouki.hoadjli@gmail.com.
Theme One: Research Methodology: A Review of the Fundamentals
At the end of the theme, students should be able to:
• explain what research is and what it is not, and the different definitions of research,
• introduce the objectives of research, and set the motivation in research,
• present some aspects of the debate about the nature of knowledge and the value of scientific method, and
• discuss the criteria of good research and the different types of research.
Students are asked to answer the questions found in the attached document to help them prepare for the coming Lecture on Thursday, January 07, 2021 beforehand. The answers to the questions will not be evaluated. They are given for the sole purpose of guidance and preparation to encourage discussion between the student and the lecturer, and the student with the lecture itself.
Students are asked to answer the questions found in the attached document to help them prepare for the coming TD lessons (from Tuesday, December 29, 2020 to Thursday, January 07, 2021) beforehand. The answers to the questions will not be evaluated. They are given for the sole purpose of guidance and preparation to encourage discussion between the student and the TD instructor(s), and the student with the lesson itself.
Students are asked to answer the attached optional in-take home test, whose answer keys will be provided soon. Answering this test is neither mandatory nor will be evaluated, so there is no need to for it to be submitted.
Theme Two: The Research Problem
At the end of the theme, students should be able to:
• introduce the concept at the heart of any research project, the research problem,
• describe how a research problem is selected, and
• discuss how a research problem is delimited, and evaluated.
Students are recommended to bring a printed version of the attached samples to tomorrow's lecture in Amphi B (Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 1.00-2.00 PM). Please note that other samples will be, shortly thereafter, provided.
Theme Three: The Review of Literature
At the end of the theme, students should be able to:
• explain what the review of literature is,
• identify and describe the objectives and sources of the review of literature,
• discuss what the functions of the review of literature are,
• explain how to conduct the review of literature and present what precautions a researcher should take into consideration in library use, and
• describe how the review of literature should be reported.
Students are hereby informed that they can find the continuation of the curriculum (Semester 02) by clicking on this link.