Methodology of Scientific Creativity
- Published: Friday, 22 April 2016 05:30
Major – Technology of Transport Facilities
Qualification (degree) – Master
Course modules (units, topics):
The course consists of the following units and topics:
1. Introduction.
Topics: Organization of academic research work in the Russian Federation. National policy in the scientific area. System of training and employment of scientific-and-technological human resources. Role of a scientific school and academic advising. Organization of academic research work at industrial enterprises and higher educational institutions.
2. Scientific knowledge structure.
Topics: Conceptual and operational approach to creative work; interrelation of the value and scientific technique of spiritual creation of the world. Classification and structure of scientific papers. Choosing a research area. Relevancy criteria of scientific papers. Main stages of academic research work.
3. Structure of creative work
Topics: Motivation and methodology of creative work. Methods used at theoretical and empirical research levels. Analysis and synthesis. Abstraction. Ranking. Idealization. Formal characterization. Experiment and experimental-analytical method. Stages of defining a working hypothesis. Use of modern methods to improve a research plan.
4. Creative work as a process
Topics: Academic and creative tasks and their use for the development of creativity in a personality. Strategy and tactics of an experiment. Classification of scientific-and-technological experiments. Information technologies in research. Automated research systems (ARS, experiment automation system).
5. Implementation forms of the results of creative work
Topics: Rational form of representation of the research results. Scientific report. Research article. Report and scientific statement. Display material and equipment. Reviewing and opponency of a scientific paper. Patentability assessment of research work. Formula of invention. State system and implementation forms. Estimation methods of research work effectiveness.
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Tutorials.
Total – 108 hours
Total credit points – 3
Lectures – 18
Practicals – 36/8И
Midterm assessment – pass/fail examination
