SP_PR Empowering interview - participatory research method in special education

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.5. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Maija Mäkinen, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc. (deputy)
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Lucie Matoušková, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Helena Vaďurová, Ph.D., M.Sc. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: Understand and explain basic facts about qualitative research as an inquiry process that aims at understanding a phenomenon (e.g. social and health problems) from the point of view of people who are studied.
Further, students shall understand and explain the role of the researcher, who attempts to build a complex, holistic picture of the phenomenon and conducts the study in a natural setting. (Flick 2009)
The main practical goal is to learn the skills of supporting learners with special educational needs in the participation of the planning of their own life. )
Syllabus
  • The essential features of qualitative research
  • Enpowering participation - examples
  • Qualitative research design
  • Defining research question(s)
  • Interview methods
  • Ethical issues in qualitative research
  • 2 field work/exposure days according to the plans of each student
  • Findings of the field work, reflections, discussions
Literature
    required literature
  • Handbook of interview research : context & method. Edited by Jaber F. Gubrium - James A. Holstein. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2002, xiii, 981. ISBN 0761919511. info
    recommended literature
  • HOLLWAY, Wendy and Tony JEFFERSON. Doing qualitative research differently : free association, narrative and the interview method. 1st pub. London: SAGE, 2000, 166 s. ISBN 9780761964261. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, group work, field work
Assessment methods
Final presentation, individual project, data collection and analysis, 100% attendance in class, finding own interviewees and conducting participatory interviews.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Výuka bude v anglickém jazyce.
Teacher's information

Full attendance is required. In case you have another lecture or seminar at the same time, please explain your teacher you will miss it because of this intensive one week course. We can issu an official statement about your attendance to prove you have been participating at this seminar.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023.
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