RESEARCH METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM

ARC602

LECTURE ONE
INTRODUCTION
Science & the scientific method

By: Dr. Dalia Abou-Bakr

Contents
• Introduction • Description & objectives
• Schedule Assignments & Quizzes
• List of Readings & Online Courses
• Weighing & evaluating Criteria

• Scientific Method
 COURSE
INTRODUCTION
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
• Description &
objectives
• Schedule
• Assignments
• Assessment &
evaluating
criteria
• List of readings
• Online courses
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
 Description & Week Date Time Lecture Topic
objectives 1 3/10 4:30 – 6 Intro - Science & The Scientific Method
2 10/10 4:00 – 6 Research Problem & objectives
 Schedule
3 17/10 5–6 Research Types, Criteria & Ethics
 Assignments 4 24/10 2–4 Literature Review
 Assessment & 5 31/10 2–4 Literature Review
evaluating 6 7/11 2–4 Research Hypothesis & Variables
criteria 7 14/11 2–4 Materials & Methods
 List of readings 8 21/11 2–4 Data Collection Techniques
9 28/11 2–4 Data collection Techniques(1)
 Online courses
10 5/12 2–4 Data Analysis & Sampling Techniques
11 12/12 RESEARCH PROPOSAL
12 19/12 2–4 Research Results, Conclusion, &Discussion
13&14 26/12 &2/1 2 - 4 Research Proposal Follow-up
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 Description & Week Date Assignments Quizzes
objectives 1 3/10
2 10/10 Proposal 1A
 Schedule
3 17/10 Assignment 1
 Assignments 4 24/10 Proposal 1B Quiz (1)
 Assessment & 5 31/10 Assignment 2
evaluating 6 7/11 Proposal 2 Quiz (2)
criteria 7 14/11 Assignment 3
 List of readings 8 21/11 Proposal 3 Quiz (3)
9 28/11 Assignment 4
 Online courses
10 5/12 Proposal 3B Quiz (4)
11 12/12
12 19/12 Proposal 4
13&14 26/12 &2/1 Final Proposal
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 Description & Assessment Weight
objectives Assignments 20 %
 Schedule Quizzes 15 %
 Assignments Participation & Presentation 5%
 Assessment & Proposal follow up 20 %
evaluating Research Proposal (Report) 20 % (final grade)
criteria Final Oral Exam 20 % (final grade)
 List of readings Total 100 %
 Online courses
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
 Description &  Submission Printed copy in class (when asked to)
objectives
 Schedule  Softcopy on black-board (bb)/ Class Room
 Assignments
 Naming your submittal
 Assessment &
evaluating
criteria your name – assignment name - date
 List of readings
 Online courses
LATE SUBMITALS ARE NOT ACCEPTED
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
 Description & On Science & Scientific Thinking
objectives
 Schedule  Wallwork, A., (2011). English for Writing Research
Papers. New York: Springer.
 Assignments
 Assessment &  Lindsay, D., (2011). Scientific Writing=Thinking in
evaluating
Words. Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
criteria
 List of readings  Biggam, J., (2008). Succeeding with your master’s
 Online courses dissertation: A step by step handbook. England:
Open University Press.
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
 Description & On Science & Scientific Thinking
objectives
 Schedule
 Fuller, S., (2003). Kuhn vs Popper: The Struggle for
the Soul of Science. UK: Icon Books.
 Assignments
 Thomas S. Kuhn, (1970), The Structure of Scientific
 Assessment & Revolutions, University of Chicago Press.
evaluating
criteria .‫ دار قباء‬:‫ القاهرة‬.‫ فلسفة العلم‬,(1998) ‫ صﻼح‬,‫ قنصوه‬
 List of readings ‫ المجلس الوطنى‬:‫ الكويت‬,‫ التفكير العلمى‬,(1978) ‫ زكريا فؤاد‬
 Online courses .‫ عالم المعرفة‬,‫للثقافه و اﻷداب‬
‫ المجلس الوطنى‬,‫ بنية الثورات العلمية‬,(1992) ,‫ توماس كون‬
.‫للثقافة و اﻷداب‬
 LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
 Description & Academic Information Seeking:
objectives
 Schedule  http://www.coursera.org/learn/academicinfoseek/
home/welcome
 Assignments
 Assessment &
evaluating
Writing in the Sciences:
criteria  https://www.coursera.org/learn/sciwrite
 List of readings
 Online courses
 SCIENCE & THE
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
LECTURE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION
Means of Acquiring Knowledge
 Intuition
 Belief
 Consensus
 Authority
 Casual observation
 Logical reasoning
OTHER WAYS TO DEVELOP ACCURATE
KNOWLEDGE?

SCIENTIFIC
METHOD

SCIENCE
LECTURE 1: SCIENCE
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds
and organizes knowledge in the form of
testable explanations and predictions about
the universe.

Systematic Consistent
Observations Logic

Scientific Method
LECTURE 1: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
LECTURE 1: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The Research Problem
Identification

Process 1

Conclusions Research
Design
2
6 Theory
Theory governs the
entire process.
Affects & is affected
by each phase.
Data
Data
Collection
Evaluation
3
5

Data
Analysis
4
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
DRAFT (1A)