Qualitative Research Seminar

EDU S510M Subject & Catalog Number

Description

This course provides a faculty-led collaborative learning experience for doctoral students in the data collection, data analysis, and/or narrative composition phases of a qualitative research project. Seminar members will engage in a workshop-style seminar where we take turns discussing the dilemmas of our works-in-progress, offer feedback and constructive critique, and enrich our qualitative research skills and knowledge. Seminar members could bring in drafts of interview protocols, observation protocols or other data collection instruments; transcripts of interviews, field notes, or interpretive memos; samples of coded texts, tentative outlines, draft diagrams, or tables; and drafts of any portion of a research narrative (article, dissertation chapter, etc.) or talk/presentation. In addition to sharing their work, seminar members will be asked to provide a focus for the feedback they want and/or a clear articulation of the dilemma(s) to resolve. Course members commit to thoroughly engaging with colleagues’ work, preparing feedback and questions to provoke further thinking, and reflecting on processes that help collective and individual learning.  

Pre-requisite: Limited to doctoral students who are currently in the data collection, data analysis, and/or narrative composition phases of a qualitative research project and eager for a cooperative, critical, and reflective learning community.
 
Note: HGSE PhD students who have previously taken this course may take it one more time for credit. Enrollment preference, however, will be given to those who have not yet taken the course. Enrollment limited to 15.