EDEM697-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Qualitative Research in Education

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 May 2010

Description

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.

MEd contact Vicki Badis at the College of Education Postgraduate Office 3642987 ext 4877 postgraduate@education.canterbury.ac.nz

Learning Outcomes

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.

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

EDUC459, EDUC659, EDTL801,  EDUC459

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Missy Morton

On-line course content
Library
Studentweb

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
EDEM697 09 Apr 2010 40% Analytical Memo
EDEM697 14 Jun 2010 60% Research proposal

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Bogdan, Robert. , Biklen, Sari Knopp; Qualitative research for education : an introduction to theory and methods ; 4th ed; A&B, 2003.

A course reader will be available from Course Mart.


Bogdan, R. & Biklen, S.K. (2007). Qualitative research for education: An introduction.
(5th edition). Boston: Pearson.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $684.00

* 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.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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