Course detail

Scientific research methodology, qualitative research methodology.

FaVU-3MEVPAcad. year: 2025/2026

Lectures from general scientific methodology (focusing on the methods of qualitative research) and examples of concrete research method analyses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Non-letter grade is given upon the submitting of research preparation plan. The plan consists of the basic intended dissertation structure; each chapter is described from the perspective of concrete scientific method that will be applied.
Mandatory attendance at lectures. Two absences per semester tolerated.

Aims

Students will learn the methodology of scientific research. They will be able to critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of particular research methods in relation to their own scientific field of study .
Students will learn the methodology of scientific research. They will be able to critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of particular research methods in relation to their own scientific field of study .

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Anselm STRAUSS – Juliet CORBINOVÁ, Základy kvalitativního výzkumu. Postupy a techniky metody zakotvené teorie. Boskovice: Albert, 1999. (CS)
David SILVERMAN, Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum. Bratislava: Ikar, 2005. (CS)
František OCHRANA, Metodologie vědy. Úvod do problému. Praha: Karolinum, 2008. (CS)
James ELKINS (ed.), Artists with PhDs. On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art. New Academia Publishing, 2009. (CS)
Jan HENDL, Kvalitativní výzkum. Základní metody a aplikace. Praha: Portál, 2005. (CS)
Jiří REICHEL, Kapitoly metodologie sociálních výzkumů. Praha: Grada, 2009. (CS)
Kathy CHARMAZ, Constructing Grounded Theory: a practical guide through qualitative analysis. Los Angeles: Sage, 2006. (CS)
Konrád Paul LIESMANN, Teorie nevzdělanosti. Praha: Academia, 2009. (CS)
Lynn RICHARDS, Handling a qualitative data: a practical guide. London: Sage, 2005. (CS)
Miloslav SYNEK – Helena SEDLÁČKOVÁ – Hana VÁVROVÁ, Jak psát bakalářské, diplomové, doktorské a jiné písemné práce (2. vydání), Praha: Oeconomia, 2007. (CS)
Miroslav DISMAN, Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2011. (CS)
Peter GAVORA, Sprievodca metodológiou kvalitatívneho výskumu. Bratislava: Regent, 2006. (CS)
Umberto ECO, Meze interpretace. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2004. (CS)
Uwe FLICK, An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage, 2006. (CS)
Wolfgang ISER, Jak se dělá teorie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova: Karolinum, 2009. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1)Organizational structure of science at Czech universities and in the Academy of Science
2) Character and content of scientific research and its formal attributes; methodology of research evaluation
3) Research methodology - survey of methods which are likely to be used in dissertations written at the FFA
4) Resource gathering, analysis, and interpretation
5) Resources: methods of processing; modes of work in libraries and archives; EIZ; BUT digital library; EBSCO ad; Open Access publishing
6) Scientific research ethics

Guided consultation

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.