Teaching methods the right way

The best way to learn research methods is by slowly analysing how others are using them.

If all goes well according to the schedule made public by the dean’s office of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tribhuvan University (TU), first semester students enrolled in its MPhil-PhD programmes in several disciplines will be taking in-class three-hour exams on research methods next month. While the exact titles of the individual papers differ a bit across the disciplines, these exams will test what the students know about the research methods used in their respective disciplines. In some disciplines like anthropology, the students will need to take the method paper during their second semester.