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Course syllabus - Qualitative Research Methods II
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
SOA410
Valid from
Autumn semester 2016
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Work Life Studies, Science of Public Health, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Caring Science with Specialization in Nursing
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2016-02-11
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Reflexive methodology : new vistas for qualitative research
Third edition : Los Angeles : Sage, 2018 - xii, 437 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4739-6424-2 LIBRIS-ID: 21974933
Discourse as data : a guide for analysis
London : Sage, in association with the Open University, 2001 - 338 s.
ISBN: 0-7619-7157-2 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 5602667
Articles
Fixing the wounded or keeping lead in the air-tactical officers' views of emergency care on the battlefield
Mil Med. 180(2):224-9. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00558, 2015
Mothers in same-sex relationships - Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study
A grounded theory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 00:110, 2019
URL: Link
Developing a Concept of Rest from a Lifeworld Perspective and by Phenomenological Inteviewing
SAGE Research Method Cases, 2017
URL: Link
Phenomenography: A qualitative research approach for exploring understanding in health care.
Qualitative Health Research, 9, 212226, 1999
Issues about thinking phenomenologically while doing phenomenology
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 38, 256277. (22 s.), 2007
How do we close the hermeneutic circle? A Gadamerian approach to justifiaction in interpretation in qualitative studies
Nursing Inquiry, 15(1); 57-66, 2008
URL: Link
Hermeneutical observational studies: describing a method
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, (early on line), 2020
URL: Link
The theory, practice, and evaluation of the phenomenological method as a qualitative research procedure
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 28, 235-260, 1997
Hermeneutic application research - finding a common understanding and consensus on care and caring
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(1); 175-182, 2017
URL: Link
Phenomenographic or phenomenological analysis: does it matter? Examples from a study of anaesthesiologists work
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Wellbeing, 2(1);55-64, 2009
URL: Link
A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experiences
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 18(2);145-153, 2004
URL: Link
That Mr. Alzheimer You never know what he´s up to. But what about me? A discourse analysis of how Swedish spouse caregivers make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1554025, 2018
PhenomenographyDescribing conceptions of the world around us
Instructional Science, 10, 177200, 1981
Living with moderate - severe CHF as a middle aged person - a phenomenological study
Qualitative Health Research, 17, 1, 1-10, 2007
URL: Link
A Metasynthesis of Phenomenographic Articles on Understandings of Work Among Healthcare Professionals
Qualitative Health Research, 28(2):273-291. doi: 10.1177/1049732317719433. Epub 2017 Jul 18, 2018
The New Generation of Thai Fathers: Breadwinners Involved in Parenting
American Journal of Mens Health, 12(5), 1368-1378. DOI: 10.1177/1557988316651062, 2018
Resolving tensions in phenomenological interviewing
Journal of Advanced Nursing (early on line), 2020
URL: Link
Reference Literature
There I am: A Grounded Theory Study of Young Adults Navigating a Transgender or Gender Nonconforming Identity within a Context of Oppression and Invisibility
Sex Roles, 75, 215230, 2016
URL: Link
Sammanflätningar : Husserls och Merleau-Pontys fenomenologi
3., rev. uppl. , 3 tr. 2013 : Göteborg : Daidalos, 2001 - 144 s.
ISBN: 9171731520 LIBRIS-ID: 8371304
Reflective lifeworld research
2. ed. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2008 - 370 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04925-0 LIBRIS-ID: 10616729
Hermeneutic inquiry : researching lived experience of mental health and recovery in a Christian monastery in contemporary Sweden
2018 - 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9781526440341 LIBRIS-ID: 8jckz27x6c1mw6rt
Looking into the labyrinth of gender inequality: women physicians in academic medicine
Medical Education, 52, 1083-1095, 2018
Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of mobility on education
Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369, 2018
URL: Link
A Sanctuary of Safety. A study of how patients with dual diagnosis experience caring conversations
Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 856-865, 2018
URL: Link
Nursing Researchers modifications of Ricoeurs hermeneutic phenomenology
Nursing Inquiry, 22(4),; 348-358, 2015
URL: Link
Tre kvalitativa forskningsansatser med relevans för vårdvetenskap
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research & Clinical Studies / Vård i Norden; 23(2): 9-15, 2003
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
Hermeneutics and narration: A way to deal with qualitative data
Nursing Inquiry, 9(2); 114-125, 2002
URL: Link
Other Materials
Students will also be required to read approximately 200 pages of research articles and to choose and read two books on qualitative methods (or the equivalent in articles) in consultation with the responsible teachers. Further information will be provided during the start of the course.
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Books
Reflexive methodology : new vistas for qualitative research
Third edition : Los Angeles : Sage, 2018 - xii, 437 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4739-6424-2 LIBRIS-ID: 21974933
Discourse as data : a guide for analysis
London : Sage, in association with the Open University, 2001 - 338 s.
ISBN: 0-7619-7157-2 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 5602667
Articles
Fixing the wounded or keeping lead in the air-tactical officers' views of emergency care on the battlefield
Mil Med. 180(2):224-9. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00558, 2015
There I am: A Grounded Theory Study of Young Adults Navigating a Transgender or Gender Nonconforming Identity within a Context of Oppression and Invisibility
Sex Roles, 75, 215230. DOI 10.1007/s11199-016-0600-7, 2016
Phenomenography: A qualitative research approach for exploring understanding in health care.
Qualitative Health Research, 9, 212226, 1999
The meaning of guilt: A phenomenological description of employed mothers experiences of guilt
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40, 73-83, 1999
URL: Link
A phenomenological analysis of the experience of pivotal moments in therapy as defined by clients
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 42, 61-106, 2011
URL: Link
The theory, practice, and evaluation of the phenomenological method as a qualitative research procedure
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 28, 235-260, 1997
Looking into the labyrinth of gender inequality: women physicians in academic medicine
Medical Education, 52, 1083-1095, 2018
A phenomenological psychological study of decision and choice
Acta Psychologica, 68, 7-25, 1988
Phenomenographic or phenomenological analysis: does it matter? Examples from a study of anaesthesiologists work
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Wellbeing, 2(1);55-64, 2009
URL: Link
A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experiences
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 18(2);145-153, 2004
URL: Link
That Mr. Alzheimer You never know what he´s up to. But what about me? A discourse analysis of how Swedish spouse caregivers make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1554025, 2018
PhenomenographyDescribing conceptions of the world around us
Instructional Science, 10, 177200, 1981
Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of mobility on education
Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369, DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2017.1395323., 2018
A Sanctuary of Safety. A study of how patients with dual diagnosis experience caring conversations
Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 856-865, 2018
URL: Link
A Metasynthesis of Phenomenographic Articles on Understandings of Work Among Healthcare Professionals
Qualitative Health Research, 28(2):273-291. doi: 10.1177/1049732317719433. Epub 2017 Jul 18, 2018
Nursing Researchers modifications of Ricoeurs hermeneutic phenomenology
Nursing Inquiry, 22(4) 348-358, 2015
URL: Link
The New Generation of Thai Fathers: Breadwinners Involved in Parenting
American Journal of Mens Health, 12(5), 1368-1378. DOI: 10.1177/1557988316651062, 2018
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
Hermeneutics and narration: A way to deal with qualitative data
Nursing Inquiry, 9(2); 114-125, 2002
URL: Link
Other Materials
Students will also be required to read approximately 200 pages of research articles and to choose and read two books on qualitative methods (or the equivalent in articles) in consultation with the responsible teachers. Further information will be provided during the start of the course.
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Books
Philosophy of social science : the philosophical foundations of social thought
2nd ed., 10th anniversary ed. : Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - x, 260 p.
ISBN: 9780230242609 (alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: 12199260
Other Materials
Students will also be required to read approximately 200 pages of research articles and to choose and read two books on qualitative methods (or the equivalent in articles) in consultation with the responsible teachers. Further information will be provided during the start of the course.
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Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to acquire additional in-depth knowledge of qualitative methodological approaches applicable to the health and welfare area, as well as of the philosophy of science.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1 give proof of an enhanced ability to critically review and reflect upon perspectives from the philosophy of science
2 evaluate and argue for the choice of different qualitative methodological approaches
3 make ethical assessments regarding different qualitative methodological approaches
4 show a deeper understanding of selection in different qualitative methodological approaches
5 show a deeper understanding of data collection and analysis in different qualitative methodological approaches
6 evaluate and apply quality criteria in different qualitative methodological approaches
Course content
The course comprises two parts. It begins with an overview of current ontological, epistemological and methodological issues in the philosophy of science that are of relevance to qualitative and quantitative research approaches within health and welfare. The second part deals with a number of qualitative methodological approaches relevant to the health and welfare area. The focus is on conveying broad and in-depth knowledge of different qualitative methodological approaches. The approaches are discussed with regard to adequate selection, ethics and quality criteria.
Tuition
Teaching and learning take place in the form of lectures, seminars and/or exercises. The purpose of these teaching methods is for students to train active searches for knowledge, cooperation, discussion, argumentation and critical reflection. In the course, a pedagogical (web-based) platform is used for the presentation of course materials, communication and discussion.
Specific requirements
A completed bachelor’s degree from an institution of higher education of three years or more, equivalent to 180 credits in one of the following subject areas: Public Health Science, Caring Science with Specialisation in Nursing, Nursing science, Medical Science, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or the equivalent. In addition Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English B/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
INL1, Hand-in assignment, 1.5 credits: individual assignment; learning objectives 2; grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL2, Hand-in assignment, 4.5 credits: individual assignment; learning objectives 2-6; grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
SEM1, Seminar, 1.5 hp, active participation in the seminar, learning objectives 1, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G)
For a VG on the course as a whole, a VG is required on INL2 and a G on INL1 and SEM1. For further information, see the study guidelines.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail