Social Science Mechanics
A Graduate Training Module that “Looks under the Hood” at Innovative Research Designs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12378608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katie A Cahill (Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author), Michael R Brownstein (Purdue University West Lafayette), Amanda Burke (0000-0002-7905-8947, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Amanda E Burke, Christopher Kulesza (Purdue University West Lafayette), J A Mccann (0000-0003-3255-1766, Purdue University West Lafayette) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 373-377 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096514002145 |
| OpenAlex | W3122711845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Scholars in the fields of instructional development and pedagogy note that learning outcomes can be improved when teachers use “narratives” to communicate how complex processes work or how problems are addressed. In this article, the authors describe a narrative-centered approach to graduate-level instruction in research methodology. This approach is intended to supplement, not replace, conventional graduate seminars in quantitative or qualitative methods. In a series of lectures, scholars reflected on how their published articles originally were framed, the trade-offs that were necessary to advance the investigation, the methodological challenges and non-findings that had to be addressed—but may not have been printed—and the evolution of a piece as it progressed through the peer-review stages. This approach to exposing graduate students to the entirety of the research process is termed Social Science Mechanics: A Look under the Hood at Innovative Research Designs . Surveys used to evaluate the series confirmed that graduate students who attended the presentations found them to be highly engaging and beneficial. Many faculty members also attended and found the lectures to be equally instructive
Engineering ethics · Graduate students · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Process (computing · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Engineering · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Psychology · Mechanical Engineering
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds
Teaching Research Methods Track Summary
Learning by Doing
Conceptions of Educational Achievement
The State of Undergraduate Research Methods Training in Political Science
Stepping around the Brick Wall
Preaching What We Practice
Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry
The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |