Universität Wien

190049 KU BM 7 Applied Methodology I (DU+IP+SB) (2023S)

How to Achieve the Best out of Interviews? Designing Fieldwork Strategies for Qualitative Research and Analysis of Fieldwork Data

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 19 - Bildungswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Die LV muss am 15. März wegen Erkrankung der Lehrenden entfallen!

  • Wednesday 01.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 15.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 29.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 26.04. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 10.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 24.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 14.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Wednesday 21.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the design of fieldwork for qualitative research in social sciences and convey the necessary skills required specifically for interviews and consequent data analysis. In this course, the types of interviews for educational and social sciences will be covered and put into practice by small research projects carried out in groups of students. Hence, students will experience a research design with the help and guidance of the course director and try out interviewing methods (including in-depth, focus group and expert interviews) within the specified small projects. Approaches for the analysis of interview data will be introduced and practised on a basic level throughout the semester-
Methods: Lectures (introduction of the theories, concepts and methods by the course director), discussions, written and oral reflections on the readings, group work assignments, short presentations.

Assessment and permitted materials

In preparation for the sessions of the course, assignments and readings should be completed. A small qualitative research project will be conducted throughout the course. Attendance at the seminars and the final project report as a paper are the basic requirements of the course. Short presentations on the research process will be made in several courses.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• Reading the required texts, active presence, and participation in discussion in class; (20%)
• Finding a relevant research topic and designing a research outline for the application of the learned methods. (10%)
• Gathering and organizing data via qualitative methods (20%)
• Composing a final report (details of formatting will be introduced during the units) (50%)

Examination topics

• Finding a relevant research topic and designing a research outline for the application of the learned methods
• Gathering and organizing data via qualitative methods
Learning and Improving Interviewing skills
• Composing a final report

Reading list

King, Gary, Keohane, Robert O., & Verba, Sidney. (1994). Designing social inquiry: Scientific inference in qualitative research. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapter 1.

Ritchie, Jane, & Lewis, Jane. (2003). Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

Seidman, Irving. (2013). Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences (Third Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press. Chapter 8 (Analyzing, Interpreting, and Sharing Interview Material pp. 112-130)

Tracy, Sarah. J. (2010). Qualitative Quality: Eight 'big-tent' Criteria for Excellent Qualitative Research. Qualitative Inquiry, 16(10), 837-851.

Association in the course directory

BM 7 KU I (DU+IP+SB)

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