Research Methodologies in Museology

Presentation

This Curricular Unit is part of the set of curricular units of the Doctorate in Museology, which correspond to specialized knowledge covering, as a whole, the main areas of knowledge considered fundamental for the construction of the desired profile at the Doctorates's level, with a workload of 25 contact hours.

Part of this Programme

Museology

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 10

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT485-7258

Recommended complementary curricular units

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Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

I. Designing an investigation in Museology

1. Identification, classification and operationalization of variables

2. Collection of information: instruments and procedures

II. Research in Museology

1. The disciplinary status of Museology and the place of investigation: the different perspectives of applied research to Museology

2. Research in Museology in national and international context: balance and perspective of knowledge production in Museology

III. Research in Social Sciences: Theoretical-methodological issues and research process

1. The dynamics of knowledge construction in Social Sciences: a debate on research strategies

2. Research strategies and research designs in Museology

3. Research methods and main techniques in Social Sciences - a reflective review in view of the design and application to research in Museology with an emphasis on qualitative research methodologies

4. Museum collections as an object of investigation

Objectives

The acquisition by the trainees of methodological tools that allow them to carry out a thesis in the area of museology, selecting the problem and adapting the models and quantitative techniques when appropriate

To present the main steps of scientific research in museology;

Analyse the theoretical and methodological framework of Contemporary Museology;

To problematize important distinctions between concepts and categories, as tools of scientific research;

Explain the role of theory, methodologies and research technique in the field of museology;

To situate recurrent debates about the research experience, especially in the field of museums

Identifying a problem and formulating research questions

Scientific method; study methodologies; Preparation of the preliminary draft of the Course Conclusion Paper.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Classes in seminar format allow a comprehensive reflection of the problems under discussion. More important than the transmission of knowledge is, in this sense, the attribution of competences based on the reflection and criticism of the themes presented through the debate oriented around the subjects treated.

Experts are invited in the different fields of the topics covered, mostly international, allowing a comprehensive reflection on the subjects taught.

An international study visit is made annually, allowing contact with different realities and forms of action, enabling new perspectives and sharing of knowledge with different realities.

The evaluation is carried out through a work, transversal to all the curricular units, where the treated subjects are related. The evaluation work, the research project to be developed with commented bibliography and 5 reading sheets are also included.

References

Almeida, L., & Freire, T. (2007). Metodologia da investigação em psicologia e educação. Braga: Psiquilíbrios.

Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research Design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Londres: Sage.

Dolbec, A. (2003). A Investigação-Acção. Em B. Gauthier, Investigação Social: da problemática à colheita de dados (pp. 483¿512). Loures: Lusodidáctica.

Fortin, M.F. (2003). O processo de investigação. Loures: Lusociência.

Kuhn, T. (2009). A estrutura das revoluções científicas. Lisboa: Guerra e Paz.

Moreira, J. M. (2004). Questionários: Teoria e prática. Coimbra: Almedina.

Serafim, M. (2016). Estado da Arte e Teoria do Conhecimento. Porto: Fronteira do Caos.

Shaw, I., & Gould, N. (2001). Qualitative research in social work. Londres: Sage.

Office Hours

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