Papaikonomou Antonis

Finding bibliographic sources: searching in electronic services – searching in University Libraries – Choosing the topic – Formulating the main hypothesis – Structure and outline of the text – Deploying sections – Plagiarism – Writing styles – Citation Systems – Research Methodology – Creating a questionnaire – Conclusions and presentation

Upon successful completion of this course students should have developed the ability to:

Form hypotheses and research questions
Design realistic plan for scientific research
Use the right methodological tools
Write a complete scientific paper
Present in an accurate and understandable way to others the result of their work

The course aims at the theoretical and tutorial preparation of students in writing scientific papers both during the student period and later, during their further scientific activity. It offers methodological and expressive tools for choosing the topic, searching for the material, writing the text as well as its oral presentation. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the requirements of a scientific paper: organization of the bibliography, research methodology, avoiding plagiarism, writing and presentation of the paper. The course is largely tutorial and, after the initial lectures, the students will be divided into two smaller sections depending on the type of paper they choose to prepare, focusing on the preparation of scientific papers on the one hand. The evaluation of the course will be done by a short mid-semester written progress (corresponding to 30% of the final grade) and a final written assignment (corresponding to the remaining 70% of the final grade). The students, after coming to an agreement with the teacher, choose a topic for a scientific paper either by doing a bibliographic research (Grammatikopoulou) or by doing a qualitative or quantitative research (Papanoikonomou). In both cases, the written work should be approximately 4,000 words in length (including bibliography).

Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Ζαφειρόπουλος Κ., Πώς γίνεται μια επιστημονική εργασία, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα, 2015
2. Λατινόπουλος Π., Τα πρώτα βήματα στην έρευνα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική Α.Ε. Αθήνα. 2010
Additional bibliography for study
Eco Umberto (1994), Πώς γίνεται και διπλωματική εργασία, Αθήνα: Νήσος
Μυλωνάς, Θ. (1998). Κοινωνιολογία της ελληνικής εκπαίδευσης. Συμβολές. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Νόβα-Καλτσούνη, Χ. (1998). Κοινωνικοποίηση: Η γένεση του κοινωνικού υποκειμένου. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Παντελίδου-Μαλούτα, Μ. (1985). Στοιχεία για τη μελέτη της πολιτικής κοινω-νικοποίησης του εφήβου στην Ελλάδα. Σύγχρονη Εκπαίδευση, 23, 23-31.
[συλλογικό] (2001) Γραφή και Ανάγνωση, Αθήνα: Νήσος, Τοπικά.