科学研究方法
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Methodology of Scientific Research

 


Instructor: Wang Huaping                               

E-mail: waguter@gmail.com                            Mobile: 13869135172

Office: Rm1405, Zhixin Building                    Office Hours: Th, 2:00-5:00

Class Hour: 2                                                    Credit: 2

课程性质:通识核心课(创新类)              教学方式:讲授与讨论相结合

 

Course description:

This course examines the fundamental methods of science. We will consider the role of scientific methods to science. We shall review the history of the development of scientific methods, and the characteristic features of science. Second, this course will introduce by case some principal scientific methods, such as demonstration, deduction, Baconian induction, Muller’s methods, abduction, thought experiment. Third, attentions will be given to the application of scientific methods. In the last section, students will be led to the discussion of creativity in scientific methods.

 

Course objectives

l.  Students will gain a detailed familiarity with such concepts as science, scientific research and methodology of scientific research.

2.  They will comprehend and be able to use the following methods: deduction, induction, Muller’s methods, hypothetical deductive method, abduction, thought experiment and qualitative research.

3.  They will be familiar with scientific creativity.

4.  They will acquire foundational skills for proposing an appropriate problem, choosing a suitable project, organizing a scientific research, writing research reports, papers, and project proposals.

 

Requirements:

1.      Reading the materials.

2.      Attendance and participation in class is required. Extremely active participation in class may result in your final grade being higher than your base grade.

3.      Completing and submitting Q&A papers.

 

Grades:

Grades will be based on the following components:

l  Attendance: 20%

2.  Quizzes and participation: 40%

3.  Final exam: 40%

Attention: If Plagiarism are found, you will fail this course!

Textbook:

Gower, Barry: Scientific Method: An Historical and philosophical Introduction. Johns Hopkins University Press.2002.

Spangenburg, Ray and Diane Moser: The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699. Infobase Publishing, 2004.