GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS/4360080

Course Title:	RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc Prof. I. Hakan Dönmez

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ihdonmez/academic

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

İhdonmez@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

learns the steps of planning and practice of an academic study, from design to publication processes.
Has the ability to identify the ethical issues in a scientific study.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	General discussion about the content and the scope of the course.
2. Week	Ethical issues in scientific studies: plagiarism and types of plagiarism
3. Week	Ethical issues effecting the aim and the results of the research, academic honor
4. Week	Ethical issues in the publication process of academic researches: Proper use of references, plagiarism
5. Week	Definition of scientific knowledge and ites relationship with method.
6. Week	main concepts of research design
7. Week	Reseach related approaches: Vienna School, Karl Popper, positivist approach, paradigm and hermeneutic approach
8. Week	midterm
9. Week	components of research design
10. Week	specification of research problem
11. Week	quantative and qualitative research design
12. Week	hypothesis
13. Week	evaluation
14. Week	data collecting techniques - quantitative
15. Week	data collecting techniques - qualitative
16. Week	final

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Toplumsal Araştırma Yöntemleri (Nitel ve Nicel Yaklaşımlar) I-2, W: L. Neuman, Yayın Odası Yayınları.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Discussion, question-answer, Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	0	0	0
Reading	14	5	70
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Designing and Applying Materials	0	0	0
Preparing Reports	0	0	0
Preparing Presentation	1	2	2
Presentation	14	1	14
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	2	2
Final and Studying for Final	1	2	2
Other	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			180
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.2
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1				X
2			X
3				X
4					X
5						X
6						X
7						X
8						X
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12					X

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