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Summary

Document analysis is a valuable research method for academic training and teaching research. This method uses various documents to uncover insights into social reality and teaching practices.

Keywords:

document analysis evaluation strategy higher education research website analysis

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Area of Science:

Educational Research
Social Sciences Methodology

Background:

Documents offer unique insights into social reality, independent of researcher influence.
Academic documents like examination regulations shape teaching and learning practices, making them crucial for research.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore document analysis as a research methodology in academic training and teaching-learning research.
To highlight the growing importance of document analysis, especially with multimodal documents.

Main Methods:

The study reflects on document analysis through a case study.
A two-stage document analysis was employed, including website and textual document analysis.

Main Results:

Document analysis can serve as a primary or supplementary data source.
It is often integrated into multi-method approaches or preparatory research steps.
The method is increasingly recognized as independent, particularly with the rise of multimodal documents.

Conclusions:

Document analysis is a versatile and increasingly vital research methodology in education.
Its application is driven by research interest and can yield significant findings on teaching and learning.
The method's adaptability extends to various document types, including non-textual and multimodal formats.