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PED-3051: Qualitative methods in educational research Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
The course is compusory for students enrolled in the Master of Education program and the Master of Special Education program. The objectives are to provide knowledge about the fundamental principles of qualitative methods and their application in educational research, to prepare students for work in their Master-project and how the study of methods contributes to the understanding of knowledge positions and knowledge production. | Contents
The course will give a general introduction to qualitative methods with emphasis on the relationship between choice of method and fundamental perspectives on knowledge and knowledge production. A broad range of qualitative methods will be introduces; various types of observation, the qualitative interview and conversations, the analysis of texts and documents and the combination of various methods. Access to information, categoreis, interpretation and analysis, and ethical considerations will be discussed and related to every phase of the research processs in the study of children, youth and adults. | Form of teaching
Lectures and seminars are organised in two blocks. During the first block of teaching, students are given home assignments, which will be discussed during the second block. | Assessment
1 essay (ca. 10 pages).
The essay is a home-assignment on a topic that is discussed and approved by the teacher. It is graded on a scale from A-E=pass, F=fail. The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester. | Examination semester
Spring | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Janne Gãrtner | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Homepage
http://uit.no/iplu/6667/26
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=PED-3051-1 |
Pensum
* Litteratur merket med * finnes i kompendium, som selges hos Akademisk Kvarter.
Pensum utgjør totalt 700 sider, settes sammen av følgende tekster:
Alver, Bente Gullveig og Øyen, Ørjar, 1997: Forskningsetikk i forskerhverdag. Vurderinger og praksis. Oslo: Tano Aschehoug. (204 sider)
Fossåskaret, Erik, Fuglestad, Otto Lauritz og Aase, Tor Halvdan (red): Metodisk feltarbeid. Produksjon og tolkning av kvalitative data, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (304 sider)
Fog, Jette, 2001: Med samtalen som utgangspunkt. Det kvalitative forskningsinterview, DK Viborg: Akademisk forlag (236 sider)
Kvale, Steinar, 1997: Det kvalitative forskningsintervju, Oslo: ad Notam Gyldendal (231 sider)
* Sørhaug, Tian, 1996: Tykke og tynne beskrivelser, i Sørhaug, Tian: Fornuftens fantasier. Antropologiske essays om moderne livsformer, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (20 sider)
Van Manen, Max, 1990: Researching Lived Experience. Human science for an action sensitive pedagogy, New York: State University Press (196 sider)
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