Introduction
University Young Scientist Center (QUYSC), affiliated with Qatar University, is a research-driven learning hub for scientific activities to empower the Qatari youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. QUYSC expands the existing highly successful project-based Research and modular STEM education carried out by Al-Bairaq, which was established in 2010. The center has highly experienced and trained mentors to supervise the young students to help them grow their careers as innovators and intellectuals by offering immense opportunities to cultivate their innovative skills and vocational ability and promote their research ideas
Program Overview
"Research Methodology" is the key to all research activities. Hence, during summer 2021, a course on the “Research methodology” for grades 4 to 6, has been proposed for the national students, helping them overcome the decline in their learning productivity and creativity. The young participants will learn different aspects of scientific research, such as the need for research, the importance of research, and how to do research. At the same time, the other benefits of the course include the students acquiring various skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, hands-on research experience, technical writing, and presentation skills. Various digital learning resources, including PowerPoint presentations, videos, online simulations, interactive quizzes & innovative games, are implemented as instructional tools to achieve the respective content objectives. Student activity tool kits are provided to foster hands-on activity experience. Feedback mechanism methodology will be executed to improve online instructional delivery in a student-centered approach, thereby aiding in the summer course content's qualitative assessment.
Program Flow
The program has been designed in such a way that the students will learn about the steps of research through a story.
Program Objective
The main goal of the offered program is to support the primary school students (grade 4 to 6) to:
- To help them develop the “research topic and research question/ problem” of their own
- To familiarize the process of “research methodology”
- To familiarize the students to “think creatively”
- Train to propose the “research hypothesis “to solve a research question
- Acquaint to test the research hypothesis by performing experiments (by hand-on training approach)
- To help analyze the results and test the reliability of the research hypothesis.
- To help conclude the hypothesis and close/proceed with the research
- To help develop advanced skills in research communication via presentations and scholarly & technical writing.
Registration requirements
- School students of grades 4 to 6 (National and International)
- The deadline to receive the requests is June 15, 2021 (Tentative date)
Registration
Send the request to: QUYSCworkshops@qu.edu.qa
Timelines
- Duration: 1 week
- Start Date: June 12, 2021 (Tentative date)
- End Date: June 17, 2021 (Tentative date)
Mentoring Team
Our experienced team consists of graduates, postgraduates and Ph.D. will train, supervise, and guide the students to ensure that they acquire the most out of their summer program experience through close supervision, guidance, daily meetings, and presentations.
Proposed Plan
The summer course will be for a week. The online sessions related to the topic, (Research methodology) using online learning tools will be delivered. Students will do many synchronous hands-on activities and complete asynchronous assignments. Students will present/ discuss their work synchronously. On the final day, they will present their research work through presentations.
Proposed plan for the Research Methodology Workshop
| Date | Contents | Outcomes |
|---|
| Orientation | The internship will run for 5 days through an online platform | Rules and guidelines of the program |
| Day 1 | - What is research?
- Why is it important?
- Introduction to Research topics
- Research problem statement
| Students will know about research, its importance, identify and define the research problem. |
| Day 2 | Foundation for Critical thinking | Searching, Brainstorming, Problem Solving |
| Day 3 | - Introduction to research methodology
- Familiarization of the different laboratory techniques
| Different ways to deal with different research problems, tools, and techniques |
| Day 4 | - Training in technical writing skills
- Introduction to presentation skill
| Writing and presentation skills |
| Day 5 | - Final presentation
- Report submission
| Event |
Language
The course will be delivered in both English and Arabic languages.
Course Breakdown
The course will be delivered for one week and will be repeated twice a day, in two different batches (for English and Arabic). One batch is expected to contain a maximum of 15 students. Wherein, each session is for an hour. Further details are given below:
Registration Fees
Fees are QAR 300.00 per student.
Accreditation
Upon the successful completion of the course, each student will receive a certificate of completion, issued by the Qatar University Young Scientists center.