Blog post 5 - A subject you have enjoyed studying this year

My favorite subject this semester is “research design”. The teacher is Andrea Greibe, who teaches very well and I also like the class dynamics a lot. This subject is about learning to design and develop social research.

Classes are generally divided into two blocks. The first is theoretical, where Andrea teaches us the contents. The second block is practical and we carry out the workshops. For this activity we are in assigned groups with which we develop the activities class by class. It is a space for dialogue between students and putting what they have learned into practice. To carry out the workshops we are divided into the zoom group sections (breakout romos) and at the end of the class we all meet again to conclude the session.

In general we have seen the following content. We first study what social research is and why it is important in sociology. Then we study about the phases of the research process and also about the main elements of the research design. Finally we focus on one of the elements, which is the research question and we learned its importance, where they arise, how they arise, what types of scope they have and how we can evaluate a question.

I really like this subject because in the future I would very much like to do good research that will allow me to plan project that can generate some change. I feel like this class is giving me very important tools that I will use in the future as a sociologist.

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