| CODE | DOC6040 | ||||||
| TITLE | Understanding Research Philosophy and Approaches to Theory Development | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | D - Doctoral Workshops/Symposium | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | Not Applicable | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Doctoral School | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This workshop will assist doctoral researchers in planning their research in relation to their research question/s. Participants are advised to reflect on the philosophical assumptions and issues underlying their choice of research paradigm, design, methodology, data collection techniques and analysis procedures. This is a crucial step that should be taken early in the research journey to enable doctoral researchers to comfortably explain their choices and therefore adequately answer their research question/s. Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, doctoral researchers should be able to: - define ontology, epistemology and axiology, and explain their relevance to research; - understand the main research paradigms; - explain the relevance of philosophical positions; - distinguish between deductive, inductive and abductive approaches to theory development. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Timetable Details - Please click here for further details. | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Workshop | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandra Buttigieg |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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