Qualitative Research Methods II
Course code
YKI6003.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Kvalitatiivsed uurimismeetodid II
Course title in English
Qualitative Research Methods II
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The objective of the course is to provide students with a possibility to acquire knowledge of specific qualitative methods in social science and basic skills of self-reflexion as researcher and writing research report based on observation and visual methods.
Brief description of the course
The course consists of lectures (about 50% of auditory meetings) and seminars (about 50% of auditory meetings).
The following topics will be covered during the course: going to the field, observation, writing the observation report;
Types of researcher, roles of different situations, self-reflection.
Types of visual methods and reasons for using them, basics of visual recording (technical and aesthetic); Introductory overview of methodological approaches/methods of analysis: thematic analysis, grounded and multiply grounded theory and narratiives
The following topics will be covered during the course: going to the field, observation, writing the observation report;
Types of researcher, roles of different situations, self-reflection.
Types of visual methods and reasons for using them, basics of visual recording (technical and aesthetic); Introductory overview of methodological approaches/methods of analysis: thematic analysis, grounded and multiply grounded theory and narratiives
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows data collection and analysis methods such as the participant observation and visual analyses and has overview of the different methodologies and its’ methods (grounded theory; multi-grounded theory, narrative analyses);
- can understand the explanatory extent of different methods and knows how to use them;
- knows how to combine ethnographic and visual data with other material;
- is aware of the researcher’s influence in case of qualitative approach, able to position him-herself and self-reflection.
- knows data collection and analysis methods such as the participant observation and visual analyses and has overview of the different methodologies and its’ methods (grounded theory; multi-grounded theory, narrative analyses);
- can understand the explanatory extent of different methods and knows how to use them;
- knows how to combine ethnographic and visual data with other material;
- is aware of the researcher’s influence in case of qualitative approach, able to position him-herself and self-reflection.
Teacher
Prof. Airi-Alina Allaste
Prerequisite course 1
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