Unit

School Of Education

Qualitative Research DesignWestern Sydney University Unit Code: SE828A.1

Discipline: BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

About this Unit
The unit is designed to enable students to (using social ecology framework) select a topic for investigation, define achievable research goals, and design and plan a research program based on familiarity with a range of qualitative methodologies (eg; phenomenology, hermeneutics, heuristics, grounded theory, biography, ethnomethodology, case study, narratology, action research, collaborative inquiry, transpersonal research), select appropriate ones, conduct a focused literature search, write a critical review of literature relevant to the topic and the chosen methodologies prepare an ethics application, conduct a pilot project and write a 'publication quality' report of the work.