6316 (v.8) Ed 621 - Naturalistic Research Methods

Area:	Department of Education
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0

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Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Distinguishing between the quantitative and the qualitative paradigms. Strengths and limitations of qualitative case study research. Purposes and goals of case study and ethnographic research. Sources of foci or problems to be investigated - determining the boundaries of the study. Techniques for control of bias and subjectivity - the validation of field data and interpretation classifying, reducing and analysing qualitative data. The reporting of case study and ethnographic research.

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Field of Education:	70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster:	11 - Education
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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