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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Sociology & Anthropology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Joshua Guetzkow
Coordinator Office Hours:
By Appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Joshua Guetzkow
Course/Module description:
The course’s main objective is to explore the uniqueness of the qualitative research as a research strategy based on the interpretive paradigm. In the class sessions, we’ll practice the different stages of conducting qualitative research while focusing on the diverse methodological tools used in collecting and interpreting the empirical materials.
Course/Module aims:
To extend and deepen students’ familiarity with qualitative research methods through active experience.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
By the course’s end, students will be able to apply qualitative methods in their research work in the following academic stages.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, discussions, and active experience
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction: Quantitative vs
Qualitative Methods
2. Theoretical base
3. Theoretical base, research topic and research question
4. Conducting In-Depth Interviews
5. Participate observation
6. Ethics
7. Different kinds of qualitative researches (Narrative, Archive, Artifacts and more)
8. Coding & Content Analysis
9. Making Research Credible: Validity, Reliability & Other Issues in
Qualitative Methods
Required Reading:
Burawoy, Michael. 1998. “The Extended Case Method.” Sociological Theory, 16(1). PAGES 4-22
Small, Mario. 2009. “’How Many Cases Do I Need?’: On Science and
the Logic of Case Selection in Field-based Research.” Ethnography 10(1).
Arksey, Hilary and Peter Knight. 1999. Interviewing for Social
Scientists. Chapter 7
Seidman, Irving. 2006. Interviewing as Qualitative Research. Chapter 6
Emerson, Robert. 2001. “Producing Ethnographies.”
Pages 298-306 in Emerson, Contemporary Field Research.
Arksey, Hilary and Peter Knight. 1999. Interviewing for Social
Scientists. Most of chapter 4 (Start with “Making your research credible” on page 49 until page 59).
Lamont, Michèle. The Dignity of Working Men. (Available as e-book through the library, just click the link.) (PAGES: 1-5, 55-63; 77-83; 254-257)
Strauss and Corbin, Basics of Qualitative Research, 2nd Ed.
(Pages 99-142.)
Guetzkow et al. 2004. “What is Originality in the Humanities and Social Sciences?” American Sociological Review, 69(2):190-212.
Emerson, Writing Ethnographic Field Notes
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 95 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 5 %
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