PES600 RESEARCH SEMINAR AND ETHICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS
| Course Code: | 4530600 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Physical Education and Sports |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | PhD |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to equip learners with advanced research skills in the sports sciences field. During the course, students design an independent research study in their area of interest. The course uses a problem-based instructional approach to develop learners’ practical skills in identifying the research problem, synthesizing the literature, designing the research, analyzing data, publishing, and following research ethics.
Course Content
Bu ders öğrencilere beden eğitimi ve spor alanonda araştırma yapabilmek için entegre bir çerçeve sunmaktadır. Bu derste öğrenciler beden eğitimi ve spor alanında bağoımsız bir araştırma çalışması tasarlarlar. Ders öğrencilerin etik sorunları araştırmak, veri toplamak ve yayınlamak gibi becerileri uygulama konusunda geliştirmek için probleme dayalı öğrenme tarzını kullanır.
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand various paradigms for conducting research
- Identify a research problem that will be subsequently developed into a research proposal
- Conduct a literature review by critically evaluating published research articles
- Write research questions and hypotheses
- Evaluate the various research designs for sports studies
- Evaluate data collection & analysis methods
- Design a research proposal
- Understand the ethical and publication issues in sports sciences
- Effectively use library reference sources and services
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Develop and extend the knowledge and skills related to the field | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Contribute to international literature with studies | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Interpret and contribute the knowledge in interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary groups | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Provide education and training to public and private institutions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Develop, present, and contribute to programs (career development programs etc.) | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Develop and implement national and international projects | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Contribute to national sports policies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Launch national and international formations (organizations, institutions, & activities) and contribute to sport industry | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Have the capability to work with a team | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Work independently in area of expertise | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Offer data-driven solutions to problems and show leadership characteristics | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Offer solutions to social, cultural, scientific, and ethical problems | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Utilize communication skills at academic environments | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Use at least one foreign language at advanced level for writing and speaking | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Openness to critical thinking, diversity and change | ✔ | |||
| 16 | Demonstrate and behave in accordance with ethical values in personal and professional life | ✔ | |||
| 17 | Design and modify the information technologies for education and research activities | ✔ | |||
| 18 | Use technologies effectively in education and sport settings and produce new technologies | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution