Class Scientific Methodology

It is intended to make students aware of the methodology of scientific work and provide them with conceptual tools that allow them to choose the appropriate methodological strategies to prepare a work of a similar nature. It is also intended to make students aware of the ethical principles underlying scientific research.

Research: strategies used. Direct and indirect documentation. Phases of bibliographic research. Types of bibliographic records. Bibliographic survey. Care to be taken into account and how to use a library or an archive of traditional (printed or handwritten) or computer sources. General structure of a publication or a scientific work. Bibliographic referencing criteria. Final presentation.

The curricular unit adopts the theoretical-practical methodology, combining the methodology of directive type with the analysis of theoretical bodies and formal models and the joint realization of exercises of application of knowledge. The final grade will result from a knowledge assessment test and a paper in which the student applies the set of norms and rules of a scientific work.

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Marconi, M.A. & Lakatos, E.M. (2017). Fundamentos de Metodologia Científica. 8a ed. São Paulo: Editora Atlas. 

Quivy, R. & Campenhoudt, LV. (2008). Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva Editora.

Sampieri, R.H.; Collado, C.F. & Lucio, P.B. (2006). Metodologia de Pesquisa. 3ª ed.São Paulo: McGraw-Hill Interamericana do Brasil, Lda.

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