Course Schedule - Spring, 2001
Qualitative Research in Education
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week |
reading/discussion topic* |
assignment |
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1/16 |
Introduction and Overview What is Qualitative Research? |
Bring 5 postcards from NM to class next week; do puzzle task; write journal entry; begin log |
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1/23 |
Data management systems; Introduction to inductive analysis (Chapter 1; other reading as assigned) |
Write-up classmate interview; practice interview skills; think about possible field sites |
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1/30 |
Inductive analysis Designing Qualitative Research (2,3) |
Begin search for exemplar; set up data management system; Observe public setting |
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2/6 |
Ethical issues (3); Perspectives on interviewing (4) |
Bring public setting notes to class; Do sensory inventory (SI) |
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2/13 |
Interviewing techniques (4) |
Begin "place" description assignment; Select & review qual. research methods text |
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2/20 |
Field Research, Participant Observation, Ethnography (6) |
Bring SI from public setting observation; Code field notes |
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2/27 |
Field research (continued) Event analysis (6) |
Begin interview I exercise |
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3/6 |
Content analysis (11) |
Code interview I notes |
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3/13 |
No Class — Mid-semester Break |
Event analysis assignment |
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3/20 |
Focus groups; Action research (5,7) |
Begin interview II exercise |
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3/27 |
Unobtrusive measures, Archival research (8) |
Material culture assignment Code interview II transcript |
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4/3 |
Oral history (9) |
Data analysis, writing Cyber-observation assignment |
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4/10 |
Case studies (10) |
Data analysis, writing |
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4/17 |
Writing-up Qualitative Research (12) |
Data analysis, writing |
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4/24 |
Evaluating Qualitative Research |
Portfolio invited |
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5/1 |
Review and Summary Course Evaluations |
Portfolio due |
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