Methods & Tools in Human Sciences

Starter: where's the relevance to us here?

Objective: explore the practical approaches in different human sciences

Outcomes:

1. Journal (5 mins) How is the search for knowledge conducted in the Human Sciences?  No googling....

2. You will look at one of the following sources to summarise and share with the group. Each gives some ways the search for knowledge is conducted across many human sciences. 

Primary & Secondary Sources Projective Techniques Observational Techniques

3. Now focus in on research in a specific human science you are familiar with. You can start here if you want...

Economics Geography Psychology Politics

4. What does this have to do with the search for knowledge? What do you think about this method? 

5. Challenges in the search for knowledge. 

How does being observed affect your behaviour?

How might this they affect the quality of the knowledge created. 

Extension reading / watching (if you have time or interest to explore): Flawed surveys Representation of minority groups Flawed experiments