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Qualitative Research Methodology - EDST5120
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/courseoutlines.shtml
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Focuses on the examination of the different types of qualitative method in educational research. Various aspects of investigation are treated: ethnographic methods, interview techniques, formation of questionnaires, data collection (and what to do with it), processes of inquiry and ways of communication (multi-media). Emphasises the construction of text, written, verbal and non-verbal (art, music), discourse and content analysis, the types of discourse formation and the relationship between information and theory.

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