Activities of STEM 
                                       Centre
           •  Educational Research Methods Course for masters 
              and PhD students (English, International course)
           •  Conferences and Seminars (next 18-19 May,18-20 
              July: GeoGebra Global Gathering, Bridges 2019)
           •  Developing, writing and working on research 
              projects (Marie Curie, Erasmus+, Local grants)
           •  Local and International collaborations
           •  Hosting students and researchers for various 
              periods
           •  Possible Summer Schools and research trainings
               Education Research 
                                  Course
          •  Learn about general educational research 
             methods and methodologies
          •  Find topics for masters and PhD theses
          •  Develop research design, methodologies 
             and methods for theses, projects
          •  Offer help with research planning and 
             writing
          •  International perspectives – students and 
             visitors
                 Educational Research 
                                                 Course
               1) Own ideas + review of literature 
               find out if someone done it, justification
               2) Turn ideas into research questions 
                   questions, hypotheses, variables
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          n    3) Design the study - develop a 
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          P    4) Identify population and sample                       process, improvement, 
                   who and how many subjects                           and integration of new 
               5) Design instruments – clarify                         information/experiences  
                   operational definitions
               6) Select analytic techniques – coding, 
                   statistical tests
          n    7) Collect data
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               9) Write reports
            Collaborate with us in 
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          •  Visit the JKU School of Education for a 
             period (Erasmus, CEEPUS, Marie Curie)
          •  Send your students to participate
          •  Develop research together
          •  Attend our events
          •  Host our students
          •  Open to any other sensible options 
      Questions?
          lavicza@gmail.c
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