Qualitative Research Methods 2100-NS-ANG-D-D2QREM
Caution: below you’ll find texts marked with ‘EXAMPLE’. Please focus on methodology when reading them. You may disregard discussion on field-specific issues in those texts.
Session I
1) Ontological, epistemological and methodological foundations of qualitative research. Main points and diversity of approaches
• Uwe Flick, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, Sage (HEREINAFTER Flick 2009), chapters 2 and 6.
2) Case study and case selection in qualitative research
• B. Flyvbjerg, "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research," Qualitative
Inquiry, vol. 12, no. 2, April 2006, pp. 219-245.
• Uwe Flick, Ernst von Kardorff et al (eds.), A Companion to Qualitative Research, Sage (e.g. first edition, 2004 in open access in Google Scholar) (HEREINAFTER Companion), chapter 4.4.
Session II
3) Thematic analysis
• Braun, V., Clarke, V. (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Re-
search in Psychology, 3 (2). pp. 77-101 Please read pgs 6-16
• EXAMPLE: Baumgartner, M. S., & Schneider, D. E. (2010). Perceptions of women in management: A thematic analysis of razing the glass ceiling. Journal of Career Development, 37(2), 559–576.
• EXAMPLE: Jones, M. V., Coviello, N., & Tang, Y. K. (2011). International Entrepreneurship research (1989-2009): A domain ontology and thematic analysis. Journal of Business Venturing, 26(6), 632–659.
4) Biographical method
• Apitzsch, U., & Siouti, I. (2007). Biographical Analysis as an Interdisciplinary Research Perspective in the Field of Migration Studies. Research Integration, (April), 1–30. Please read pgs 1-15
• EXAMPLE: Urbańska, S. (2016). Transnational Motherhood and Forced Migration. Causes and Consequences of the Migration of Polish Working-Class Women 1989 – 2010, 5(1), 109–128.
Session III
5) Ethnographical method
• Flick 2009, chapter 17
• EXAMPLE: Yates, L. (2015). Rethinking Prefiguration: Alternatives, Micropolitics and Goals in Social Movements. Social Movement Studies, 14(1), 1–21.
6) Grounded Theory
• Flick 2009, chapter 31
• EXAMPLE: King, C. S., Feltey, K. M., & Susel, B. O. (1998). The Question of Participation: Toward Authentic Public Participation in Public Administration. Public Administration Review, 58(4), 317.
Session IV
7) Discourse analysis and social representation approach
• Flick 2009, chapter 24
• EXAMPLE: Angouri, J., & Wodak, R. (2014). “They became big in the shadow of the crisis”: The Greek success story and the rise of the far right. Discourse and Society, 25(4), 540–565.
• EXAMPLE: Flick, U., Fischer, C., & Schwartz, F. W. (2003). Health in the Context of Growing Old : Health Professionals ’ Social Representations of Health. Journal of Health Psychology,
8) The analysis of visual data
• Flick 2009, chapter 18
• EXAMPLE: Wodak, R. (2010). The glocalization of politics in television: Fiction or reality? European Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(1), 43–62.
• EXAMPLE: Dymarczyk, W. (2014). W Dymarczyk University of Lodz, Poland The War on the Wall. Polish and Soviet War Posters Analysis, X(4).
Session V
9) Quality and ethics in qualitative methods
• Flick 2009, chapters 28, 29
10) Writing qualitative research
• Companion chapters 4.1-4.3
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Założenia (opisowo)
Efekty kształcenia
After the course students have knowledge about:
- common fearures of qualiaitive research methods,
- differences and diversity of assumptions and approaches within qualiaitive research methods,
- main points and differences between: thematic analysis, boiographical approach, ethnographical methods, groundend theory, discourse analysis.
After the course students know to:
- combine qualiative research framework to specific research questions,
- how to design coding and apply analyitical strategy to qualiaitive data,
- how to use basic qualiaitive research methods terms, such as: case study and types of case study, traingulation, saturation, groundend theory, discourse, etc.
Kryteria oceniania
Assessment: written examination based on a reading list.
Students are expected to attend classes and read assigned texts. It is recommended to have assigned text at hand during the classes.
Praktyki zawodowe
not applicable
Literatura
Qualitative research methods – outline of the course
Maria Theiss, Instytut Polityki Społecznej – Institute of Social Policy, office hours: Thursday 8.45-9.45, room 108, Institute of Social Policy, Nowy Świat 67
m.theiss@uw.edu.pl
Caution: below you’ll find texts marked with ‘EXAMPLE’. Please focus on methodology when reading them. You may disregard discussion on field-specific issues in those texts.
Session I
1) Ontological, epistemological and methodological foundations of qualitative research. Main points and diversity of approaches
• Uwe Flick, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, Sage (HEREINAFTER Flick 2009), chapters 2 and 6.
2) Case study and case selection in qualitative research
• B. Flyvbjerg, "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research," Qualitative
Inquiry, vol. 12, no. 2, April 2006, pp. 219-245.
• Uwe Flick, Ernst von Kardorff et al (eds.), A Companion to Qualitative Research, Sage (e.g. first edition, 2004 in open access in Google Scholar) (HEREINAFTER Companion), chapter 4.4.
Session II
3) Thematic analysis
• Braun, V., Clarke, V. (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Re-
search in Psychology, 3 (2). pp. 77-101 Please read pgs 6-16
• EXAMPLE: Baumgartner, M. S., & Schneider, D. E. (2010). Perceptions of women in management: A thematic analysis of razing the glass ceiling. Journal of Career Development, 37(2), 559–576.
• EXAMPLE: Jones, M. V., Coviello, N., & Tang, Y. K. (2011). International Entrepreneurship research (1989-2009): A domain ontology and thematic analysis. Journal of Business Venturing, 26(6), 632–659.
4) Biographical method
• Apitzsch, U., & Siouti, I. (2007). Biographical Analysis as an Interdisciplinary Research Perspective in the Field of Migration Studies. Research Integration, (April), 1–30. Please read pgs 1-15
• EXAMPLE: Urbańska, S. (2016). Transnational Motherhood and Forced Migration. Causes and Consequences of the Migration of Polish Working-Class Women 1989 – 2010, 5(1), 109–128.
Session III
5) Ethnographical method
• Flick 2009, chapter 17
• EXAMPLE: Yates, L. (2015). Rethinking Prefiguration: Alternatives, Micropolitics and Goals in Social Movements. Social Movement Studies, 14(1), 1–21.
6) Grounded Theory
• Flick 2009, chapter 31
• EXAMPLE: King, C. S., Feltey, K. M., & Susel, B. O. (1998). The Question of Participation: Toward Authentic Public Participation in Public Administration. Public Administration Review, 58(4), 317.
Session IV
7) Discourse analysis and social representation approach
• Flick 2009, chapter 24
• EXAMPLE: Angouri, J., & Wodak, R. (2014). “They became big in the shadow of the crisis”: The Greek success story and the rise of the far right. Discourse and Society, 25(4), 540–565.
• EXAMPLE: Flick, U., Fischer, C., & Schwartz, F. W. (2003). Health in the Context of Growing Old : Health Professionals ’ Social Representations of Health. Journal of Health Psychology,
8) The analysis of visual data
• Flick 2009, chapter 18
• EXAMPLE: Wodak, R. (2010). The glocalization of politics in television: Fiction or reality? European Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(1), 43–62.
• EXAMPLE: Dymarczyk, W. (2014). W Dymarczyk University of Lodz, Poland The War on the Wall. Polish and Soviet War Posters Analysis, X(4).
Session V
9) Quality and ethics in qualitative methods
• Flick 2009, chapters 28, 29
10) Writing qualitative research
• Companion chapters 4.1-4.3
Assessment: written examination based on a reading list.
Students are expected to attend classes and read assigned texts. It is recommended to have assigned text at hand during the classes.
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