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The course provides students with 'hands on' experiential learning in conducting, and participating in, life stories and focus group research. Students will gain skills in one-to-one interviewing, focus group interviews, research ethics, transcript analysis and reflexive research practice.
The life story and focus group exercises are examples of enquiry-based learning as you will participate in the research process as learners, researchers and participants.
By the end of this course students will have: 1. an understanding of qualitative life stories and focus group research methodologies and practice;2. an understanding of research ethics;3. experience with conducting one to one and focus group interviews;4. experience with transcribing an interview;5. developed skills in analysing interview transcripts;6. demonstrated reflective research practice;7. enhanced written and oral communication skills.
Any 30 points at 200 level from ANTH or SOCI, orany 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
SOCI340, SOCI341
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Tiina Vares
Gubrium, J., Holstein, J., Marvasti, A., & McKinney, K; The Sage Handbook of Interview Research ; Second Edition; Sage Publications, 2012.
Josselson, R; Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry: A Relational Approach ; Guilford Publications, 2013.
Domestic fee $1,788.00
International fee $8,200.00
* 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.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .