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Tue 11 Oct, Tue 18 Oct 2011
14:00 - 15:30

Venue: 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1

Provided by: Joint Schools' Social Sciences


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Module 15: Foundations of Qualitative Methods: Introduction and Overview

Tue 11 Oct, Tue 18 Oct 2011

Description

This module is part of the Social Science Research Methods Course programme which is a shared platform for providing research students with a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research

Target audience

Mphil Students from participating departments taking the Social Science Research Methods Course as part of their research degree

Sessions

Number of sessions: 2

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Tue 11 Oct 2011   14:00 - 15:30 14:00 - 15:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1 Dr D.T. Weinberg
2 Tue 18 Oct 2011   14:00 - 15:30 14:00 - 15:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1 Dr D.T. Weinberg
Topics covered
  • Session 1: Epistemological Foundations of Qualitative Social Research Part I
  • Session 2: Epistemological Foundations of Qualitative Social Research Part II
Objectives
  • The objective is to critically evaluate major programs in philosophy of science; considering whether there are important analytic differences between the social and natural sciences; and whether qualitative methods themselves comprise a unified approach to the study of social reality.
Aims
  • To introduce students to general philosophical debates concerning scientific methodology
  • To assess the ramifications for the conduct of qualitative social research
Format

Presentations only

Textbook(s)
  • Chalmers, A.F. (1982). What is this Thing Called Science?: an Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and its Methods. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
  • Bourdieu, P. & Wacquant, L.J.D. (1992). An invitation to Reflexive Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
  • Weinberg, D. (ed). (2002). Qualitative Research Methods. Malden:Blackwell
Notes
  • To gain the maximum benefits from the course it is important that students do not see this course in isolation from the other MPhil courses or research training they are taking. Responsibility lies with each student to consider the potential for their own research using methods common in fields of the social sciences that may seem remote. Ideally this task will be facilitated by integration of th
Duration

Two sessions of two hours

Frequency

Twice in Michaelmas Term

Theme
Qualitative Methods

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