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| SBE5100 | Qualitative Research Techniques and Methods in Social Sciences | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tülay İLHAN NAS | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nedim ALEV | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To provide students with the knowledge and skills related to the qualitative research process in educational research. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Understands the foundations of the qualitative research approach. | 1,3 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Understands the nature and basic features of qualitative research | 1,3 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Designs a qualitative research | 1,3 | 1,3,6, | | PO - 4 : | Explains the quality and ethical rules in qualitative research | 1,3 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | Explains qualitative research methods and techniques | 1 | 1,6, | | PO - 6 : | Explain the role of the researcher in qualitative research | 1,3 | 1, | | PO - 7 : | Analyzes data obtained in qualitative research | 1 | 6, | | PO - 8 : | Reports a qualitative study | 1,4 | 6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Nature of science, scientific knowledge, scientific method; basic assumptions: ontology, epistemology, methodology and method; development of paradigms and paradigms; qualitative research approach and process, qualitative research methods and data collection techniques; quality and ethics in qualitative research; the nature of qualitative data and the role of the researcher in qualitative research; research proposal development; qualitative data analysis; descriptive and content analysis; writing the final report |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Nature of science, basic concepts in scientific research, basic assumptions: ontology, epistemology and methodology relationship | | | Week 2 | Development of paradigms and basic paradigms: positivism, post-positivism, interpretive and critical paradigms | | | Week 3 | Qualitative research approach: definition and difference from quantitative research, basic features of qualitative research approach
| | | Week 4 | Qualitative research design process - defining the research problem and purpose, determining sub-problems, creating the theoretical framework, determining the research sample | | | Week 5 | Quality in qualitative research, ethics in qualitative research, the role of the researcher in qualitative research | | | Week 6 | Qualitative research methods | | | Week 7 | Qualitative data collection techniques | | | Week 8 | Deciding on data collection techniques and tools, deciding on data analysis | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Qualitative data analysis | | | Week 11 | Qualitative data analysis techniques | | | Week 12 | Inductive and deductive data analysis | | | Week 13 | Thematic analysis | | | Week 14 | Template and frame analysis | | | Week 15 | Writing the final report | | | Week 16 | End of Term Exam | | | |
| 1 | Miles M. B. & Huberman A.M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis, Sage Publications, London. | | | 2 | Saldana, J. (2009). The coding manual for qualitative researchers, London:Sage | | | |
| 1 | Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods, Sage Publications, London. | | | 2 | Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H. (2005). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Seçkin, Ankara. | | | 3 | Saban, A. & Ersoy A. (2016). Eğitimde Nitel Araştırma Desenleri, Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9. | | | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12. | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 13.
14. | | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 83 |
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