Week 1: Introduction to qualitative research
Week 2: Major paradigms and perspectives: 1. Constructivist and interpretivist approaches 2. Feminism 3. Ethnic modelling 4. Audiencing
Week 3: Strategies of inquiry: 1. Qualitative research design 2. Case studies 3. Ethnography and participant observation 4. Phenomenology, ethnomethodology and interpretive practice
Week 4: Strategies of inquiry (Contd.): 5. Grounded theory 6. Biographical method 7. Participative inquiry
Week 5: Methods of collecting and analyzing empiricial materials: 1. Interviewing and observational techniques 2. Interpretation of documents and material culture
Week 6: Methods of collecting and analyzing empiricial materials 3. Images and Visual methods 4. Data management and analysis 5. Narrative, content and semiotic analysis
Week 7: Interpretation, evaluation and presentation: 1. Criteria for assessing interpretive validity 2. Interpretation and writing
Week 8: Application to the field