Qualitative Research

Pre-requisites: /

Course objectives: Training students for understanding the epistemological foundations of qualitative research, introduction to characteristics of qualitative research and training for planning and implementation of particular types of qualitative research.

Course description: Interpretative paradigm as a theoretical-epistemological foundation of qualitative research and its relation to the other paradigms (empirical-analytical, critical). The nature of learning and qualitative research. Research strategies in: ethnographic research, case study, research based on phenomenological observation, research based on content analysis, critical discourse analysis, participatory research. Ethical particularity of qualitative research. The role of researcher and other participants in research. Learning resources and the nature of qualitative data. Methods, techniques and instruments for data collecting. Ways of data organizing, analysing and interpretation. Procedures of deduction and results presentation. Writing the report on the conducted research. Possibilities of application and combining the qualitative research with other types of research.

Learning Outcomes: Student should: understand the epistemological standpoints of qualitative research; be familiar with the types and their characteristics, values and limitations; be familiar with and capable of using the basic strategies in planning and implementing qualitative research.

Qualitative Research

Pre-requisites: /

Course objectives: Training students for understanding the epistemological foundations of qualitative research, introduction to characteristics of qualitative research and training for planning and implementation of particular types of qualitative research.

Course description: Interpretative paradigm as a theoretical-epistemological foundation of qualitative research and its relation to the other paradigms (empirical-analytical, critical). The nature of learning and qualitative research. Research strategies in: ethnographic research, case study, research based on phenomenological observation, research based on content analysis, critical discourse analysis, participatory research. Ethical particularity of qualitative research. The role of researcher and other participants in research. Learning resources and the nature of qualitative data. Methods, techniques and instruments for data collecting. Ways of data organizing, analysing and interpretation. Procedures of deduction and results presentation. Writing the report on the conducted research. Possibilities of application and combining the qualitative research with other types of research.

Learning Outcomes: Student should: understand the epistemological standpoints of qualitative research; be familiar with the types and their characteristics, values and limitations; be familiar with and capable of using the basic strategies in planning and implementing qualitative research.

Literature/Reading:

• Ber, B. (2001), Šta je analiza diskursa? u: Uvod u socijalni konstruktivizam, Beograd: Cepter, str. 206–233;
• Bogdanović, M. (1981), Kritika kvantitativnog formalizma, u: Kvantitativni pristup u sociologiji, Beograd: Službeni list SFRJ, str. 133–155;
• Bredo, E. i Feinberg, W. (1982), The Interpretative Approach to Social and Edicational Research, in: Knowledge and Values in Social and Educational Research, Pfiladelphia: Temple University Press;
• Milles, M.B., Huberman, M. A. (1994), Qualitative Data Analysis, London : Sage;
• Pešić, M. i saradnici (2004), Pedagogija u akciji, Beograd: Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta;
• Schostak, J. F. (2002), Understanding, designing, and conducting qualitative research in education, Bruchingham : Open University Press;
• Halmi, A. (1996), Kvalitativna metodologija u društvenim znanostima, Zagreb: Pravni fakultet – Studijski centar socijalnog rada;
• Hymes, D. (1980), Language in Education: Ethnolinguistic Essays, Washington : Center for Linguistices;