Research Methods 2

Recommended Prerequisites

Those required to enter the Program Cycle

Teaching Methods

The learning method includes:

- lectures for introducing the methodological approaches;

- literature reviews exemplifying each approach;

- a production, communication and critical review exercise of studies in simulated environment, using qualitative approaches

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit aims to develop competencies for the critical appraisal and production of scientific research based on qualitative methods, relevant in the context of information sciences and technologies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Research Design using Qualitative Methods

2. Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretive Frameworks

3. Designing a Qualitative Study

4. Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry

4.1 Narrative

4.2 Phenomenology

4.3 Grounded Theory

4.4 Ethnography

4.5 Case Study

5. Introducing and Focusing the Study

6. Data Collection, coding and content analysis methods

7. Data Analysis, Representation and Computation

8. Communicating a Qualitative Study

9. Standards of Validation, Reliability and Critical Evaluation

10. Design Research, Action Research and wicked problems  

11. Mix-methods studies

 

Head Lecturer(s)

António Costa Dias Figueiredo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 50.0%
Apresentação e Discussão de Estudos: 50.0%

Bibliography

John W. Crewell (2012). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, SAGE Publications, Mar 14, 2012

John W. Crewell (2014). A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research, SAGE Publications, Apr 22, 2014

Selected papers exemplifying qualitative research studies