DPLS 723--Qualitative Research: Theory and Design--3 credits
Summer 2001
| Professor: James Beebe
Office: RC 256 Office Phone: (509) 323-3484 Home phone: 456-2571 |
Room RC 218 6/25, 7/2, 7/6, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23 7/30 6:00-10:00 |
| Office hours: Call for appointment | email: beebe@gonzaga.edu |
| Course
Description Course Objectives Learning Activities Web Based Syllabus Assessment and Grading Required Texts |
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Sessions and Assignments Advanced Session 1: June 25 Session 2: July 2 Session 3: July 6 |
Session 4: July 9 Session 5: July 16 Session 6: July 23 Session 7: July 30 |
Class activities:
Overview of class and expectations.
Introduction to "Emic and Etic."
Emic perspective: the "insider's" or "native's" interpretation of or "reasons" for his or her customs/beliefs. What things mean to the members of a society.Discussion of materials in Ely (1991) with special focus on expectations, trusting the process, and support groups.Etic perspective: the external researcher's interpretation of the same customs/beliefs. What things mean from an analytical, anthropological perspective.
EMICS AND ETICS: The Insider/Outsider Debate Edited by Thomas N. Headland, Kenneth L. Pike, and Marvin Harris (1990) [http://www.sil.org/sil/roster/headland-t/ee-intro.htm]
Discussion of materials in Creswell (1998).
Practice interviewing. Work in groups with a VCR for each group. Each person will (a) conduct an interview, and (b) be interviewed. The topic is categories the person uses for thinking about different doctoral programs and criteria they used in deciding to enroll in the Doctoral Studies Program in Leadership at Gonzaga. Your record of the interview are your field notes.
Class review of the videos of the interviews.
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