Portal:Social Research

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Welcome to Wikiversity's Social Research Portal

If you have questions, please make a note on the discussion page.

Contents 1 Portal Description 2 Research Projects 3 Social research news 4 Learning materials and learning projects 4.1 Current projects 4.2 Suggested projects 4.3 On developing projects 5 Related links and references 5.1 Portals & topics 5.2 Wikiversity schools 5.3 Wikipedia 5.4 External links

[edit] Portal Description

Social research is a very broad area, comprising many methods for researching society, humans and human social action. There are many types of social research methods.

This portal and related pages are a space for the planning and creation of collaborative learning projects about social research, and research projects, covering methods used across the humanities and social sciences. Cooperating across fields of study to developing learning projects about social research is one aim of this portal. Another aim is to facilitate networking and discussions amongst social researchers about their work, especially but certainly not exclussively as it relates to social research of wikis and the free culture movement.

Please see the Wikiversity:Research page for an outline of general Wikiversity research issues.

Note: Topic:Social theory is specifically for organising learning and research projects related to social theory. There may be overlaps with this portal.

[edit] Research Projects

• The Nerd Project The Etiology and Psycho-Social Implications of Nerds

[edit] Social research news

• This area was founded on August 22, 2006.

[edit] Learning materials and learning projects

[edit] Current projects

• Ethnography
• Free culture movement
• Social Studies

[edit] Suggested projects

• Discourse analysis

[edit] On developing projects

Wikiversity has adopted a "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. In social theory topics, learning materials and learning projects may be used by multiple departments. Please list social research projects above.

Note on creating resources: Learning resources and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the resource and start writing!

[edit] Related links and references

[edit] Portals & topics

• Topic:Social theory
• Social Entrepreneurship

[edit] Wikiversity schools

• Portal:Social Sciences
• School:Humanities

[edit] Wikipedia

• w:Social research
• w:Social theory

[edit] External links

• Qualitative Social Research - An open access journal related to qualitative social research