Individual and Group Interviews
Give students practical, hand-on experience in using different qualitative approaches to the individual and group interviews, and think through some of the methodological and epistemological issues that it gives rise to.
Fact file
| Course code |
NURS4072 |
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| Target students |
ESRC MA/PhD students in Sociology; Social Policy based pathways, as well as others students within the DTC. MA Research Method and PhD students from Health Sciences.
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| Prerequisite |
Candidates are required to have studied the theoretical underpinnings of Qualitative Methods at Masters level.
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| Credits |
10 |
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| Academic level |
4
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| Duration |
May 2025
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| Price |
£478
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| Application deadline |
2 December 2024
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This block will involve practically-oriented sessions where to explore a variety of individual and group interview approaches. This will include focus groups as well as structured, semi-structured, and more open-ended styles of interviewing (including narrative approaches). It will also consider the use of stimulus material, vignettes, and critical incidents as possible ways of structuring interview interactions.
Sessions will include practical demonstrations of interviewing, and will involve the analysis of interview transcripts, along with published research papers, which use different analytical approaches. Among a range of issues that will be considered, it will discuss some of the ethical issues that can arise when this type of fieldwork is being conducted, and there will be plenty of opportunity for group members to draw upon their own research experiences within this and other discussions. This is a hands-on module.
- Evaluate and conduct different approaches to qualitative interviews
- Evaluate qualitative research design, methods and issues
- Evaluate and conduct qualitative research at all stages: question formation, selection and adaptation of methods, research planning and management, gaining access, gathering data in the field, recording, managing and analysing data; reporting and presenting research
- Analyse and carry out a micro-project which demonstrates the above skills
Blended learning. Lecture engagement, guided online study, tutorials and independent learning.
Total student activity: 100 hours
Ways to apply for this course
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