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Qualitative Methods in Educational Research - OD0133016
Title: Qualitative Methods in Educational Research
Guaranteed by: Ústav výzkumu a rozvoje vzdělávání (41-UVRV)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2021
Semester: both
E-Credits: 0
Hours per week, examination: 25/0, other [HS]
Extent per academic year: 25 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (18)
summer:unknown / unknown (18)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Belongs to the student work of type: disertační práce
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
can be fulfilled in the future
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: RNDr. Dominik Dvořák, Ph.D.
Classification: Teaching > Pedagogy
Annotation -
Following the Introductory Theoretical-Methodological Course, the students will be introduced to the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of qualitative research. The course will specifically focus on the case study strategy, explaining the main methods of data collection – observation and interviews, including methods of making records. During the distance part of the course, the participants will conduct their own data collection. The course will also include data processing and analysis. The students will be presented with the procedures of text encoding in the software environment for qualitative analysis (MAXQDA).
Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
Aim of the course - Czech

Following the Introductory Theoretical-Methodological Course, the students will be introduced to the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of qualitative research. The course will specifically focus on the case study strategy, explaining the main methods of data collection – observation and interviews, including methods of making records. During the distance part of the course, the participants will conduct their own data collection. The course will also include data processing and analysis. The students will be presented with the procedures of text encoding in the software environment for qualitative analysis (MAXQDA).

Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
Literature - Czech

Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y. S. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oak : Sage, 2005.
Huberman, A. M., Miles, M. B. Qualitative Data Analysis. An Expanded Sourcebook. Thousand Oak : Sage, 1994.
Maxwell, J. A. Qualitative Research Design. An Interactive Approach. Thousand Oaks,: Sage, 1996.

 

Online zdroje:

http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs

http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/

http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/index

http://www.esds.ac.uk/qualidata/about/introduction.asp

http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/qualres.html

Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
Teaching methods

The instruction will be provided on the specified dates in the form of full-time block teaching and distance learning in the Moodle e-learning environment. Both in personal meetings and in the e-learning environment, the course participants will hold a systematic discourse about their research experience.

Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

Presentation and discussion of the students’ own qualitative research at the final meeting.

Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
Syllabus - Czech

Topics:

1.     Characteristics of the strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative approach in comparison with quantitative research, combined research possibilities; planning process of qualitative research (objectives, conceptual and theoretical frameworks, formulation of research questions).

2.     Ensuring the quality of research (credibility and validity, transferability, reliability, dependability); ethical questions and their solutions (ensuring the safety of research participants, confidentiality, informed consent).

3.     Specifics of different strategies of qualitative research (grounded theory, case study, ethnographic and biographical approaches); multiple case studies of school as a concrete example of the application of one of the strategies of qualitative research.

4.     Data collection methods (field notes; participant and non-participant observation; in-depth interview, focus groups; technical aspects of data collection).

5.     Qualitative data analysis (transcription, various approaches to coding, using software tools; categorization and interpretation of results); writing research reports (interim records, database creation, quoting the participants’ opinions, preparation of reports for publication).

Last update: Laufková Veronika, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2018)
 
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