Workshops for Teachers of Quantitative Methods for Social Science Undergraduates

这项提议是为教师或准教师举办一系列研讨会，为社会科学本科生提供定量研究方法。定量方法包括统计理论、调查问卷设计、数据收集、数据管理、使用统计计算机软件分析数据和解释他人产生的统计信息。研讨会的目的是让来自英国各地的大学教师听到国际专家的演讲，这些专家在这方面的教学做得很好，并且对如何进行这种教学有有趣的想法。讲习班将涉及的问题包括本科课程的目的和目标、课程内容、课程结构和形式、统计理论和实际例子的平衡，以及统计软件的选择。演讲者还将分享他们认为有助于学生学习统计学和定量研究方法的教学实例。研讨会将包括演讲、问答和有条理的讨论。这些活动将被录制成视频播客，并在项目网站上发布材料和讨论摘要。该网站还将主办一个讨论量化方法教学的博客和一个由志愿者提交并与其他人分享的教材档案。

This proposal is for a series of workshops for teachers, or would-be teachers, of quantitative research methods for social-science undergraduates. Quantitative methods include statistical theory, survey questionnaire design, data collection, data management, the use of statistical computer software to analyse data and interpretation of statistical information produced by others.The aim of the workshops is to enable university teachers from across the UK to hear talks from international experts who have done such teaching well and who have interesting ideas about how this teaching should be done. Issues that would be covered in the workshops include what the aims and objectives of undergraduate courses should be, course content, structure and style of courses, the balance of statistical theory and practical examples, and the choice of statistical software. Speakers will also share teaching examples that they think help students learn statistics and quantitative research methods. The workshops will involve a mixture of presentations, question and answer, and structured discussion sessions. The events will be recorded as video podcasts, with materials and a summary of the discussion published on a project website. The website will also be host to a blog for the discussion of quantitative methods teaching and an archive for teaching materials submitted by volunteers and shared with others.