Abstract
A general curriculum in research methodology for doctoral students in translation studies should focus on the underlying logic of the research process, including delimitation of the research question, choice of research design for empirical studies and evaluation of research quality. In this paper, these elements are briefly introduced, and means of working on them in doctoral seminars are suggested. One of the teaching methods advised is working through a sample research case and this approach is illustrated in the paper, using the gravitational pull hypothesis (Halverson 2003). The emphasis is on illustrating a dynamic research process as a means of teaching about the commitments that research involves at various levels, about the intellectual and practical challenges that emerge, about the quality requirements that pertain and about how to steer a course through unknown terrain with the navigational tools at our disposal.
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