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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Social Work
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Efrat Lusky Weisrose
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ohad Gilbar,
Mr. amitai Marmor
Course/Module description:
In recent years, there has been a growing consensus in the research world that qualitative research has opened up new possibilities for many researchers to observe human behavior, understand it, and create new knowledge. The course is intended to provide background and familiarity with the qualitative paradigm and with the main steps and tools in conducting research that conforms to this paradigm. We will start with the philosophical groundwork of qualitative researches, which are rooted in interpretive paradigms, and discuss the uniqueness of qualitative research in social work, subsequently discussing the identification of a research problem, raising research questions, and planning the research design. Different traditions within qualitative research will be introduced, as well as methods for data collection and analysis. Finally, we will address issues of ethics, quality and generalization in qualitative research and discuss the crucial place of the qualitative researcher in the research process.
Course/Module aims:
The course aims at introducing the principles of interpretive research, and by so doing, encouraging a more thorough learning of the qualitative research paradigms.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Acquire a basic understanding of: the ontology, epistemology and methodology of qualitative research, its main types, ethics principles, and quality criteria that characterize this kind of research.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lecturesand discussions
Course/Module Content:
1. What is qualitative research? History, basic premises and paradigms.
2. Traditions and types of qualitative research
3.Designing a qualitative research
4. Data generation
5. Analysis and interpretation
6. Researcher's position, ethics and quality in qualitative research
7. New trends in qualitative research
Required Reading:
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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