1. Educational Research Courses and Activities
Zsolt Lavicza

2. Activities of STEM Centre
Educational Research Methods Course for masters and PhD students (English, International course)
Conferences and Seminars (next May, July: GeoGebra Global Gathering, Bridges 2019)
Developing, writing and working on research projects (Marie Curie, Erasmus+, Local grants)
Local and International collaborations
Hosting students and researchers for various periods
Possible Summer Schools and research trainings

3. Education Research Course
Learn about general educational research methods and methodologies
Find topics for masters and PhD theses
Develop research design, methodologies and methods for theses, projects
Offer help with research planning and writing
International perspectives – students and visitors

4. Educational Research Course
1) Own ideas + review of literature
find out if someone done it, justification
2) Turn ideas into research questions questions, hypotheses, variables
3) Design the study - develop a strucure for the investigation
The design is not linear,
but a continuous learning
process, improvement,
and integration of new
information/experiences
Planning
4) Identify population and sample
who and how many subjects
5) Design instruments – clarify operational definitions
This is the research process, however, this is not a linear process. Must derive from your research ideas and research questions. You must choose something interesting and possibly that is not exhaustavely researched or look at from a different perspective. Design, sample, population and analytic techniques. Range.
6) Select analytic techniques – coding, statistical tests
7) Collect data
Execution
8) Analyse data – coding, statistics
9) Write reports

5. Collaborate with us in Linz
Visit the JKU School of Education for a period (Erasmus, CEEPUS, Marie Curie)
Send your students to participate
Develop research together
Attend our events
Host our students
Open to any other sensible options

6. Questions?