Methods and Methodological Practices in Physics Education Research

Duration: 24 hours from February to June

Programme:  The course offers an overview of the main research methods used in Physics Education Research. The span of methods covers qualitative and quantitative approaches. Theoretical reflections will be the basis for workshops on data analysis. 

The course is organized in 8-10 meetings (from the end of February 2022 to June 2022), that will involve national and international experts. 

Themes of the meetings:

• Framework for comparing qualitative and quantitative methods in PER 
• Qualitative methods in PER
• Thematics analysis: approach and software
• Micro-genetic analysis
• Quantitative methods and statistical models for PER
• Machine learning and data mining in PER 
• Systematic analysis
• Questionnaire design