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This course gives students both theoretical tools and practical experience in the design and implementation of qualitative research. Students will learn how to describe, apply and critique strategies for qualitative data collection and data analysis. Students will identify and discuss ethical issues in qualitative research, including suggestions for researching ethically throughout the process of data collection, analysis and reporting. The course prepares students to write the methodology (and methods) section of a research proposal suitable for a thesis.
By the end of this course students will 1. comprehend the nature, role and characteristics of qualitative research methodology as a means of developing our understanding of educational phenomena; 2. describe some of the key debates in qualitative research;3. articulate ethical principles and procedures and apply these in qualitative research design; 4. describe, perform and critique techniques for qualitative data collection and analysis in an interpretivist paradigm, including participant observation, qualitative interviewing and the analytical memo;5. understand and apply strategies for justifying, planning, describing and reporting qualitative data collection and analysis; 6. formulate a qualitative research proposal.
Subject to the approval of the Head of School
EDUC459, EDUC659, EDTL801, EDUC459
Missy Morton
Lichtman, Marilyn; Qualitative research in education: A user’s guide ; 3rd; Sage, 2013.
Mills, David , Morton, Missy., British Educational Research Association; Ethnography in education ; Sage Publications :BERA, 2013.
Jackson, Alecia Youngblood , Mazzei, Lisa A; Thinking with theory in qualitative research : viewing data across multiple perspectives ; [1st ed.]; Routledge, 2012.
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All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result. Students should refer to Regulation J of the General Course and Examination Regulations.
Please refer to the booklet College of Education Assessment Guidelines for Students. If you are dissatisfied with the grade awarded for any of the assessment throughout the year, you need to contact the course co-ordinator within seven days of the receiving the grade.
To meet the requirements of the course, all students must complete all assignments. You will also be expected to be thoroughly prepared for each class, to contribute to class discussions and activities and provide feedback and support to other class members.
Course and teaching evaluation surveys will be completed annually.
A sample of each set of marked assignments will be sent for moderation before assignments and grades are returned to students. The sample will be indicative of the full range of grades awarded.
No late submissions will be accepted unless due to exceptional circumstances. Students must apply for an extension before the due date.
If you cannot complete an assignment by the due date, you must consult the course co-ordinator regarding an extension before the assignment is due. Reasonable extensions of time are normally granted for good cause. Time available for an extension is limited; regardless of individual circumstances, it is University policy that no assignments can be accepted for marking after other students’ marked assignments have been returned to them.
No resubmissions.
If you believe your academic performance has been impaired (through illness, or critical circumstances) the University makes provision for aegrotat consideration for the course. Within the College of Education,you may apply for aegrotat consideration on one piece of assessed work only (worth no more than 50% of the total assessment), and must have a C+ average on other pieces of assessed work.
On campus students assignments are to be submitted with a cover sheet to the Assignments Room in Ōrakipaoa, accessed from the back doors closest to The Collective (the USCA Cafe), by 5.00pm, or time directed by course lecturer, on or before the due date. Please use the drop boxes placed at the back entrance to Ōrakipaoa.Pick up Arrangements: It is your responsibility to pick each assignment up from the Academic Services Team. Lecturers will not follow up on resubmits and fails. This is your responsibility. Hours of operation of the Assignments Room for pick- ups are 11am-2pm weekdays.
Domestic fee $850.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .