Capacity building in social science research methods is positioned by research councils as
crucial to global competitiveness. The pedagogies involved, however, remain under …

The underdevelopment of a pedagogical culture for research methods education and the
lack of a body of knowledge with the potential to influence practice have been highlighted by …

This paper addresses ways of researching the pedagogy involved in building research
methods competencies in the social sciences. The lack of explicit and shared pedagogy in …

Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemlerine dayalı çalışmalar gittikçe artmaktadır. Farklı
disiplin ve alanlarda yapılan nitel çalışmalarda en sık kullanılan veri toplama araçlardan biri …

This paper addresses the perspectives of students of social science research methods from
a UK study of their holistic experience of learning during two years of their postgraduate …

Mixed methods research is growing in acceptance and complexity, which translates into
significant pedagogical challenges for teaching about mixed methods research. To address …

This paper takes the concept of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), which is well known
in teacher education, and applies it in research methods education where it has not been …

There are pedagogical challenges USA students and instructors face within mixed methods
classrooms. Instructors of mixed methods are often self-taught, lacking adequate training in …

Amidst major new initiatives in research that are beginning to address the pedagogic
dimension of building capacity in social science research methods, this paper makes the first …

The challenge of research methods teaching is gaining attention among policy-makers keen
to build social science research capacity and, critically, among educationalists keen to …