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EDUC 8250 Qualitative Research I
Fall 2004
Professor Margaret Eisenhart
Thursdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
Tentative Schedule of Topics and Assignments
Aug. 24, Introduction/Overview (team-taught with Briggs)
Topics to Consider:
- Who are Eisenhart and Briggs?
- What will they be trying to teach us?
- Of what use is this information likely to be to us as new doctoral students?
Reading Assignment for August 26 Class:
- Labaree, The peculiar problems of becoming educational researchers... .
- Sullivan, Making the graduate curriculum explicit... .
August 26, Transitions: Being a Doctoral Student;
Becoming an Educational Researcher (team-taught with Briggs)
Topics to Consider
- What does it mean to be enrolled in a doctoral program?
- What is involved in becoming an educational researcher?
- What is educational research?
- Why do we care about the details of educational research?
- Why do we care about the quality of educational research?
Reading Assignment for August 30:
- Eisenhart & Borko, Chapters 3 (Borko’s story) and 4 (Eisenhart’s story)
- Rose, Chapters 1 (Los Angeles) and 7 (Hattiesburg, Tupelo)
August 30, Why Do Quantitative Research? (team-taught with Briggs)
Topics to Consider
- What are the strengths of quantitative research?
- What are the limitations?
Reading Assignment for Sept. 2::
- Creswell (book), Chapters 1 and 2
Writing Assignment for Sept. 2::
- Begin writing a “field journal” that includes memos about
research studies that you might want to do.
Sept. 2, Why Do Qualitative Research?
Why Not Do Both, i.e., Mixed Methods Research? (team-taught with Briggs)
Topics to Consider
- What are the strengths of qualitative research?
- What are the limitations?
- What are the strengths of a mixed methods approach?
- Is it possible to develop expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research?
- Why doesn’t everyone do this?
Reading Assignment for Sept. 9::
- Holland & Eisenhart (book), Parts 1 and 3
- Maxwell (book), Chapter 1
Writing Assignment:
- Begin writing assignment on Educated in Romance.
Sept. 9, Designing a Qualitative Research Study
I. Overview
Topics to Consider
- What does a qualitative research study look like?
- What are the standard components of a qualitative research study?
- What issues should be considered and what questions resolved
before beginning a qualitative research study?
Reading Assignment:
- Holland & Eisenhart, Parts 4-6
- Creswell, Chapter 3
Sept. 16, II. Identifying a Research Problem and Purpose
Reading Assignment for Sept. 23::
- Maxwell, Chapters 2-4
- Creswell, Chapter 4
Assignment:
- Begin preliminary observations
Sept. 23,III. Conceptual Context/Reviewing Literature
Reading Assignment for Oct. 7::
- Fay, Chapter 1, Do you have to be one to know one?
- Creswell, Chapter 5
Assignment:
- Submit written assignment on Educated in Romance for grade
- Submit journal for feedback
- Begin literature review
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Sept. 30, Fall break, NO CLASS
Oct. 7, IV. Specifying Research Questions
Reading Assignment for Oct. 14:
- Fay, Chapter 2, Do we need others to be ourselves?
Assignment:
- Submit observation fieldnotes for feedback.
- Conduct an interview
Oct. 14, Conducting a Qualitative Research Study I. Overview
Reading Assignment for Oct. 21:
- Maxwell, Chapters 5 and 7
Oct. 21, II. Choosing Data Collection Methods
Reading Assignment for Oct. 28::
Assignment:
- Submit interview transcript for feedback.
Oct. 28, III. Developing a Sampling Plan
Assignment:
- Submit preliminary proposal for feedback.
Nov. 4, Writing a (Preliminary) Research Proposal; Writing a Grant Proposal
* Note Special Events, Nov. 4, 5
Douglas Foley and Dorothy Holland. For more information and a schedule of events, go to Practice Theory
Reading Assignment for Nov. 11:
Nov. 11, Standards of Quality: Ethics and Trustworthiness
Reading Assignment for Nov. 18::
- Creswell, Chapter 9
- Sanjek, On ethnographic validity... .
Assignment:
- Submit preliminary proposal for a grade.
- Submit final version of HRC request.
- Submit journal, fieldnotes, and interview transcript for a grade
- Expand literature review and develop conceptual framework
Nov. 18, Guest Speakers
Reading Assignment for Nov. 23 (Tuesday)::
- Carspecken & Apple, Critical qualitative research... .
- Holland & Skinner, Prestige and intimacy... .
TUESDAY, Nov. 23, Thinking about Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation; Qualitative Data in Educational Policy Debates
Nov. 25, NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)
Dec. 2, Class presentations
Dec. 9, Class presentations
Dec. 16, Class presentations
Final papers are due no later than 9 a.m., Monday, December 13.
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