Course: Perspectives and Issues in Qual. Res.

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Course title Perspectives and Issues in Qual. Res.
Course code KSA/AMPV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Qualitative approaches and their theoretical background 2. Narrative research 3. Data creation in narrative research 4. Data analysis in narrative research 5. Grounded theory 6. Data creation in grounded theory 7. Data analysis in grounded theory 8. Ethnography 9. Creation of ethnographic data 10. Analysis of ethnographic data 11. Case studies 12. Multi-case studies

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course provides information on the specific use of basic qualitative approaches, including grounded theory, narrative research, ethnography and case studies. After completing the course, the student will be able to design qualitative research in its full form - from the selection of research strategy, preparation of a research plan to the creation and analysis of data.
The student knows the individual steps of the research process, can sort them correctly and can describe their content. He knows the basic schemes of selected qualitative approaches, can choose a research approach with regard to the topic and carry out research within it.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

1) 75% attendance at the seminar 2) active reading of assigned texts according to the reading schedule 3) submission of a research proposal (5 pages) 4) controlled discussion of the research proposal
Recommended literature
  • BERNARD, H.R. Research Methods in Anthropology. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2011..
  • CRESWELL, J. W. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2007..
  • Wertz, F. J. et al. (2011). Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry..


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