Course Description
This advanced qualitative research course is designed as the second part of a qualitative research sequence. In this course, students will carry out the work described in a qualitative research proposal. Students will continue to engage in critical conversations on a number of methodological issues that arise in the field, including, but not limited to, researcher positionality, ethics, the collection and analysis of data, and trustworthiness.
Athena Title
Qualitative Research in HE II
Pre or Corequisite
EDHI 8930 or QUAL 8400 or QUAL 8400E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• Identify and determine the appropriate qualitative research approach (i.e., positivist, post-positivist, critical, feminist, postmodern, and others) for the student’s research problem • Design a qualitative research project to examine a specific research problem • Develop and demonstrate the skills necessary to collect data from interviews, observations, and documents • Develop and demonstrate skills necessary to analyze qualitative data, including thematic coding and analytic memoing • Develop and demonstrate an understanding of the techniques for maximizing trustworthiness • Develop and demonstrate writing skills to clearly communicate findings using thick description • Develop and demonstrate skills to critically analyze qualitative research projects
Topical Outline
1. Introductions and research interests 2. Designing qualitative research projects 3. Positionality and ethics 4. Data Collection: Gaining access 5. Data Collection: Interviews/observations 6. Data Collection: Documents/archives 7. Data Analysis: Inductive/deductive 8. Data Analysis: Software demonstration 9. Data Analysis: Research workshop 10. Trustworthiness 11. Qualitative writing: Findings section 12. Qualitative writing: Journal/conference submission 13. Class presentations 14. Class presentations 15. Reflections and next steps
Syllabus
Public CV