Qualitative Research Methods

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Abstract

This subject aims to facilitate students' understanding of the differing epistemological and methodological assumptions underpinning different approaches to qualitative research. Qualitative research spans a broad range of historical, theoretical and contextual assumptions and in this subject students are exposed to various paradigms in qualitative research. By the end of the subject, students should be able to critically evaluate a broad range of approaches to qualitative research and published material. The subject engages students in a range of qualitative methods and methods of analysis, giving students practical experience in carrying out qualitative research. It also introduces students to critical bodies of work such as feminist and Indigenous Australian perspectives including those of other First Nations peoples, all of which have had significant and valuable impacts on qualitative research and psychology.

Syllabus

Epistemology: historical, philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research in psychologyEthics: critical reflection of ethical issues and considerations in qualitative researchReflexivity: critical and theoretical interrogation of the socially constructed nature of selves and the place of subjectivity in psychological researchMethodology: assumptions and principles of design and theoretical approaches to qualitative … For more content click the Read More button below.

Epistemology: historical, philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research in psychology
Ethics: critical reflection of ethical issues and considerations in qualitative research
Reflexivity: critical and theoretical interrogation of the socially constructed nature of selves and the place of subjectivity in psychological research
Methodology: assumptions and principles of design and theoretical approaches to qualitative research methods
Methods and analyses: designing qualitative research, producing and managing data, interpreting and analysing data text
Critical methodologies including feminist and Indigenous Australian perspectives including those of other First Nations peoples to qualitative research and psychology
Producing knowledge: writing and evaluating qualitative research

Enrolment restrictions

Not available to students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma (Psychology).

Pre-requisite

Incompatible