Foundations of qualitative design: histories, philosophies, nature, types, examples, and assessment. Reading and evaluating reports of qualitative research and identifying methodological issues.
Athena Title
Qualitative Research Tradition
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in QUAL 8400E
Prerequisite
ERSH 4200/6200 or ERSH 4200E/6200E or ERSH 4200H
Pre or Corequisite
none
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of a variety of epistemological and theoretical perspectives used by qualitative researchers.
Students should be able to demonstrate understanding of basic terminology used in discussing theories and methodologies used by qualitative researchers.
Students should be able to formulate research questions from a range of theoretical perspectives that may be examined via qualitative methods.
Students should be able to apply their understanding of the methods used in qualitative research to design a study for a qualitative research project.
Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of methodological debates about the assessment of quality in qualitative research.
Students should be able to identify their subject positions in relation to their research interests.
Students should be able to identify potential ethical issues relative to their research interests.
Topical Outline
TOPICAL OUTLINE
1. Histories of qualitative research
2. Ethics in qualitative research
3. Interpretivist approaches to inquiry
4. Critical approaches to inquiry
5. Post-approaches to inquiry
6. New materialist approaches to inquiry
7. Indigenous and decolonizing approaches to inquiry
8. Developing research questions
9. Subjectivities and reflexivity
10. Formulating a problem statement and the design process
