948A05 · 15 credits · Advanced level (A1F) · Specialpedagogik
Theory and Method in Scientific Work
Active · next start HT 2026
80%
passed the latest regular sitting
STN6 · 3 Oct 2025 · 25 students
87%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
STN6 · 67 students
47%
Harder than 47% of courses at advanced level
Compared with 285 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 67 students.
Part of 2 programmes
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STN6 Written exam
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87% passed · 67 students
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85% passed · 59 students
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- 83%30
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- Pass a later round: 85% (59 students), compared with 87% (67 students) on the ordinary exam
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STN5 Written exam
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Main rounds
97% passed · 209 students
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97% passed · 58 students
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- Pass a later round: 97% (58 students), compared with 97% (209 students) on the ordinary exam
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SRE6 Written presentation
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Main rounds
84% passed · 155 students
- 85%54
- 79%53
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97% passed · 29 students
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- Pass a later round: 97% (29 students), compared with 84% (155 students) on the ordinary exam
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STN4 Written exam
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Main rounds
93% passed · 161 students
- 95%56
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- 90%51
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SRE4 Written presentation
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94% passed · 109 students
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100% passed · 18 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (18 students), compared with 94% (109 students) on the ordinary exam
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STN7 Written exam
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98% passed · 82 students
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85% passed · 40 students
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- Pass a later round: 85% (40 students), compared with 98% (82 students) on the ordinary exam
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SRE5 Written presentation
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About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should have: - The knowledge and ability to independently plan and motivate a scholarly study - Advanced knowledge of research methods and scientific starting-points - The ability to formulate and argue for a problem formulation within a problem area relevant to the profession - Developed a scholarly approach - The ability to critically review, analyse and give response to scholarly texts
Content
Knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative methods in the research process is covered in the course. Also covered in the course is knowledge of scientific starting-points and the different stages of the research process; definition of a problem, literature search, data collection and processing, analysis and interpretation of data. Continuously during the major part of the course, the student produces a minor essay as a preparation for a future scholarly assignment.
- Examiner
- Åsa Elwér
- Main field of study
- Specialpedagogik