Introduction to Qualitative Research
Instructor: Sugra Chunawala
Credits : 4
Contents:
This course will focus on the foundations of qualitative research and will aim
-
to orient students as to why qualitative research has become particularly relevant
-
offer students a background to assist the research and utilization of qualitative methods
-
develop an understanding about the different types of qualitative studies into various traditions or approaches.
The course will cover the following topics:
-
Framework
-
What is Qualitative research?
-
Comparing Qualitative and Quantitative Research
-
Ethics of Qualitative Research
-
From Theory to Text
-
Reviewing the Literature
-
Theoretical Frameworks Underlying Qualitative Research
-
Epistemological Background: Construction and Understanding of Texts
-
Research Design
-
The Process of Conducting Qualitative Research
-
Research Questions, Entering the Field, Sampling
-
Designing Qualitative Research
-
Verbal Data
-
Conducting Effective Interviews, Narratives, Focus Groups, An Overview of Verbal Data
-
Observation and Mediated Data
-
Being a Careful Observer and Ethnography, Visual Data: Photography, Film, and Video, Mining Data from Documents
-
An Overview of Observation and Mediated Data
-
From Text to Theory
-
Data Documentation, Coding and Sorting Categories
-
Analyzing Conversation, Discourse, and Genres
-
Grounding and How to Write Qualitative Research
-
The Quality of Qualitative Research: Beyond Criteria
-
Writing Qualitative Research
-
Integration and Outlook of Qualitative Research
-
Triangulation
-
State of the Art and Future
Assessment: Group interactions, presentations, seminars and assignments
References:
Selected chapters from the following books:
-
Flick U. (2010, Fourth Edition). An Introduction to Qualitative Research, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
-
Creswell J.W. (2011, Fourth Edition). Educational Research; Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, PHI Learning Private Limited,
New Delhi.
-
Merriam S.B. (2009, Second Edition). Qualitative Research; A Guide to Design and Implementation, Jossey-Bass, CA.
-
Cohen, L., Manion, L., and Morrison, K. (2013, First Indian Reprint, Seventh edition published in 2011). Routledge