Ed 714 Qualitative Research Methods in Education

Course Schedule - Summer 2005

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Many of the Internet readings have been taken from an electronic textbook. This book uses administrators in education to focus the content. Their stories,problems and efforts are depicted as skills are taught. The book is by Dr. Dave Williams who teaches at Brigham Young University.

Week 1	May 24-5 IN CLASS	The nature of qualitative research sUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Scenario	Internet readings   Overview of methods Educators a Field Researchers	Readings Burrant, T. J. (1999). Finding, Using, and Losing (?) Voice:  A Pre service Teacher's Experiences in an Urban Educative Practicum. Journal of Teacher Education, 50, 209-220. Erickson, F. (1989). Qualitative methods in research on teaching. Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, pp. 119-160.	Course notes	Discovering cultural meaning - Activity 1
Week 2	May 31-June 1 IN CLASS	Subjectivity and Objectivity
Scenario	Internet readings Common assumptions Control subjectivity and create a checklist from your observations	Readings Ostrow, J. (1980) The availability of a difference: Clifford Geertz on problems of ethnographic research and interpretation. QSE reprint.	Course notes	Discovering the other point of view
Week 3	June 7-8 ONLINE	Grounded theory and the design of qualitative projects		Deliberative question 1 - you have two weeks to complete this assignment.
Scenario	Internet readings  new Grounded theory: a thumbnail sketch (resource paper in action research)		Course notes	Class activity
Week 4	June 14-15 ONLINE	Overcoming bias		Deliberative question 2
Scenario	Internet readings	Readings Collier, D., & Mahoney, J. (1996). Insights and Pitfalls:  Selection Bias in Qualitative Research. World Politics, 49, 56-91	How bias creeps into our work	Heads up on sampling -to help you with your field work   Sampling in qualitative research
Week 5	June 21-22 IN CLASS	Interviewing
Scenario	Internet readings Asking questions, staying focused Keeping records Conducting an interview - from Professor Frey at the University of Idaho Life history interviews	Readings Beer, D. (1997). "There's a certain slant of light":  The experience of discovery in qualitative interviewing. The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 17, 110-127.	More about field based interviews
Week 6	June 28-29 IN CLASS	Soundness Reliability and Validity
Scenario	Internet readings new - Keeping validity in the interview process Relationships and Roles What can you tell from an N of 1? Validity:  Qualitative versus Quantitative Understandings	Readings LeCompte, M. D., & Goetz, J. P. (1982) Problems of reliability and validity in ethnographic research. Review of Educational Research, 52, 31-60.  Maxwell, J. A. Understanding and validity in qualitative research. Harvard Educational Review, 62, 272-300.  Lincoln, Y., & Guba, E. G. Judging the quality of case study reports. QSE reprint.	Course notes	Class activity
Week 7	July 5-6 ONLINE	Portraiture		Deliberative question 3
			Course notes	Writing vignettes
Week 8	July 12-13 IN CLASS	Taking stock - How far have we gone?
Scenario	Internet Readings from Dr. Dave Williams book, questions and considerations this is a link that won't follow the color rules for the page. Who knows?	Considering the thinking of Clifford Geertz	Self assessment How far have you gone?	The Shock of the Other
Week 9	July 19-20 ONLINE	Participant observation		Deliberative question 4
Scenario	Internet readings  new links from Donna Ziegenfuss Center for Narrative Inquiry - Forthcoming works Bringing Narrative Inquiry to School Reform Hearing Voices, All of Them Narrative Inquiry		Course notes
Week 10	July 26-27 IN CLASS	Content analysis
Scenario	Internet readings Narrative analysis		Course notes	Class activity
Week 11	August 2-3 ONLINE	Pulling it all together - theoretical understanding		Deliberative question 5 You can turn this one in early if you are ready to do so.
	Internet readings Pulling it all together Telling the story		Course notes	Class activity
Final week	August 9-10 ONLINE	Catching up time

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