| Bemerkung |
In this course, lasting one semester, students will have the opportunity to acquire the first rudiments of qualitative research in social sciences. The course consists of a theoretical part and a practical part. In the theoretical part, the teacher will provide an introduction to research in social sciences, illustrating the major paradigms of social research, the main investigative approaches (quantitative and qualitative) and the methods and techniques for qualitative research, to which the course is dedicated. The course will focus, in particular, on the instrument of the qualitative interview. With this objective, the teacher will provide practical exercises for the preparation of research projects based on the use of qualitative interviews. In the realization of the practical part, the teacher will guide the students to search for research questions and establish research strategies. There are no specific requirements for this course, except the knowledge of the English language and course attendance. Although not compulsory, participation in the course allows the students to better grasp the proposed contents and benefit from practical exercises.
The teacher will provide some reference texts to the students, but strongly advises the preliminary reading of the text by Howard S. Becker (1998) Tricks of the Trade. How to Think about Your Research While You’re Doing It. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. |
