Qualitative Research

TOPICS

QUAL 8400*

QUAL 8410

QUAL 8420

1. History of qualitative research

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2. Characteristics of qualitative research

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3. Approaches to qualitative research (historical methods, autobiography, oral history, interview studies, ethnography, action research, participatory action research, phenomenological studies, narrative inquiry, etc.)

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4. Epistemologies, paradigms, theories, and approaches that frame qualitative research (including attention to womanism and feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism, critical race theory, phenomenology, etc.)

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5. Library skills for research and literature searches; see Virginia Benjamin in the UGA library

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5. Situating self in the paradigms and perspectives of qualitative researchers

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6. Exemplars of qualitative research derived from varying approaches and traditions

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7. Ethics in qualitative research; UGA’s Culture of Honesty

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8. Working with the Institutional Review Board

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9. Qualitative research design/implementation

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10. Issues of objectivity/subjectivity

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11. Researcher roles

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12. Reflection on own subjectivities in the research process

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13. Data collection strategies

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14. Interviewing methods and techniques

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15. Fieldwork strategies and observation methods

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16. Archival data collection

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17. Using technology in data collection (audio recorders, video recorders, computers, cameras, etc.); see Ron Braxley in the COE’s OIT for assistance

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18. Triangulation in research design

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19. Recursivity in research process

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20. Sampling in qualitative research

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21. Evaluating rigor in qualitative research

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22. Data analysis and interpretation

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23. Use of technology in data analysis (software programs)

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24. Representation and interpretation

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25. Writing up qualitative research

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