SOC295 Qualitative Research Methods

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(50)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
On succesful completion of the course students will be able to compile a concrete field research design. Students will be able to explain the logic of field research and field notes taking. Students will learn to interpret field materials of several kinds. During the course students will learn to identify the difference between qualitative and quanititive methodology. The qualitative research is introduced as a lived participation in the everyday life of social actors as well as shared understanding of mechanisms of social construction of their worlds. The course aim is to introduce and discuss the various dimensions of feminist research such as: notes taking, coding, systematizing and interpretation. The students will be provided with the exercise of critical thought and discussion over the selected readings.
Learning outcomes
On succesful completion of the course students will be able to compile a concrete field research design. Students will be able to explain the logic of field research and field notes taking. Students will learn to interpret field materials of several kinds. During the course students will learn to identify the difference between qualitative and quanititive methodology. The qualitative research is introduced as a lived participation in the everyday life of social actors as well as shared understanding of mechanisms of social construction of their worlds. The course aim is to introduce and discuss the various dimensions of feminist research such as: notes taking, coding, systematizing and interpretation. The students will be provided with the exercise of critical thought and discussion over the selected readings.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the course and requirements 2. Logic of qualitative research 3. Observation 4. Ethics 5. Research question 6. Reading week 7. Participant observation 8. Excursion 9. Seminar to the 1 assignment 10. Interview 11. Coding 12. Writing and analysis
Literature
  • REINHARZ, Shulamit a Lynn DAVIDMAN. Feminist methods in social research. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. viii, 413. ISBN 9780195073867.
  • EMERSON, Robert M., Rachel I. FRETZ a Linda L. SHAW. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. xviii, 254. ISBN 0226206815.
Teaching methods
lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
literature review 2 written assignments using the field notes taking and interview final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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