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Kar

Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar

Szervezet

PPK Interkulturális Pszichológiai és Pedagógiai Intézet

Kód

SOCM17-112

Cím

Qualitative Research Methods Practice

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

ECTS

3

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Students will practice how to design research, how to conceptualize and operationalize their research question, as well as how to collect and analyze data. They will also practice the different methods that they are introduced to during the course. students will be able to: ·         design research on their own ·         write research proposals ·         undertsand conceptualization and ·         use basic quantitative and qualitative methods Students will be able to read and understand the methodologies of academic papers as well as conduct basic researches own their own.

Tantárgy tartalma

The course will address the following topics: general introduction: What is social research?; paradigms and theories;  practicing theory construction. After the general introduction, the course will focus on how to design research and what conceptualization means. in the following classes concrete methods will be introduced: quantitative methods: indices, scales, surveys, data collection; content analysis and other unobtrusive methods. Then the course will focus on qualitative methods: interviews. How do we analyze qualitative data?; practicing in-depth semi-structured interview method; practicing biographical and narrative interviews; qualitative field research and case study method.

Számonkérés és értékelés

Students have to attend classes and actively participate. in addition, their final grade will be based on the submission of four assignments: ·         a research proposal (topic, research questions, hypotheses, conceptualization and methods); deadline: class 5. ·         a sample of content analysis; deadline: class 8. ·         an interview outline; deadline: class 10. ·         an interview transcription; deadline class 13. az értékelés módja: submitting assignments az értékelés szempontjai: Class participation: 20% Assignments: 80%

Irodalomjegyzék

Babbie, Earl R.: The Practice of Social Research. 2001 Kvale, Steinar, Doing interviews. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2007. – Thematizing and Designing an Interview Study.

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