Programme

The teaching is aimed at providing students an introduction of the methodologies, theoretical approaches, tools and practices of applied social research. It also intends to present in an organic way the elements of application of research techniques to the "social services".
At the end of the course the students will have acquired the awareness and the ability to reflect on: a) which research question can be set on a given social phenomenon, b) which methodological tools are useful for the production of scientific knowledge, c) the importance of the culture and professional responsibility of the researcher and of the social researcher.

Core Documentation

David Silverman, 2022, Doing Qualitative Research, Sage, London.

Reference Bibliography

It will be indicated during the lessons.

Type of delivery of the course

Teaching will be frontal but students will be required to actively participate in the preparation of shared learning tools through the use of the educational platform formonline.uniroma3.it and in classroom lessons, building a autonomous social research project. The lessons will be integrated in the form of frontal lessons, laboratory space, presentation of social research etc.

Attendance

Students who continuously attend didactic activities are allowed to take a series of intermediate written tests.

Type of evaluation

The exam takes place in written form and in an oral exam. In the written part, the knowledge of applied social research techniques will be evalueted. In the oral exam the professor will assess whether the student is able to use the tools and the tecniques of social research. The written part (paper or e-tivities) will be averaged with the oral part.