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Syllabus:

Qualitative methods in Social work, 7.5 Credits, 7.5 Credits

Swedish name: Kvalitativ metod i socialt arbete 7.5 hp

This syllabus is valid: 2018-06-11 and until further notice

Course code: 2SA141

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Social Work: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: AF

Responsible department: Department of Social Work

Established by: Head of Department of Social Work, 2016-12-02

Revised by: Head of Department of Social Work, 2017-12-12

Contents

The course provides an in-depth knowledge in and about various qualitative methods, as well as main characteristics and key concepts within the traditions which constitutes the background to these methods. Central in the course is to perform exercises in a selection of qualitative methods based on empirical data obtained through observation, interview, or text. Themes raised and problematize in the course is the qualitative research implications regarding: methodological considerations; choice of method in relation to a research question; collection of empirical material; interpretation; knowledge claims; and the ethical positions that arise.
 

Expected learning outcomes

After completing the course, students must:

Knowledge
-Have a thorough knowledge of the main features of the different scientific traditions and its central concepts
-demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of methodological considerations in qualitative research approaches, and be able to relate these to the scientific traditions that constitute the basis for qualitative research

Skills
-Demonstrate skills and abilities in terms of qualitative analysis of empirical data such as observation, interviews and document studies
-Be able to apply and justify the methods mentioned above

Competences
-Be able to critically evaluate texts in terms of qualitative approaches
-Be able to identify and evaluate ethical issues, and argue for their own ethical standpoints, in relation to qualitative methods
 

Required Knowledge

For admission to the course a minimum of 90 university credits are required in the following subjects: social work, sociology, Psychology, Peace and conflict studies, Gender Studies, Economic and social geography, Education, Political science, Law/legal Science or in other courses that are considered equal to thus above, including  a bachelor thesis carrying at least 15 credits or 90 ECTS wihtin nursing including an individual essay carrying at least 15 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A/5 or comparable is also required
 

Form of instruction

Teaching methods consist of lectures, literature studies, practical exercises and seminars. The teaching is based on students' active participation and independent study where the students have to prepare various tasks, individually and / or in groups. Students have to base the individual work on his/her own research question and problematize and apply different methodological approaches. The course ends with an individual written assignment.
 

Examination modes

Examination is as follows:
• active participation in seminars
• written assignments
• individual written final assignment

If the student has a certificate of special pedagogical support, the examiner has the right to decide on an adjusted form of examination.
 
For the individual written final assignment, the grades awarded are Fail (F, FX), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B), Excellent (A).
For components, active participation in seminars and written assignments, the grades Fail or Pass can be awarded.
Completing grade for the course is based on the result of the individual written final assignment and awarded after the completion of all compulsory course elements.
 

Literature

Valid from: 2018 week 33

The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge
Berger Peter L., Luckmann Thomas
Repr. : London : Penguin : 1991 : 249 s. :
ISBN: 0-14-013548-0
Mandatory
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Creswell John W.
Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches
3. ed. : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage : cop. 2009 : xxviii, 260 s. :
ISBN: 978-1-4129-6557-6 (hft.)
Mandatory
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Hermerén G
Good research practice, Stockholm: The Swedish Research Council
Inst för socialt arbete : 2011 :
https://publikationer.vr.se/produkt/good-research-practice/
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Also available in a Swedish version: God forskningssed

Doing interview-based qualitative research : a learner's guide
Magnusson Eva, Marecek Jeanne
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 2015 : 189 pages :
http://assets.cambridge.org/97811076/74707/cover/9781107674707.jpg
ISBN: 9781107062337
Mandatory
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Rose Wiles
What are Qualitative Research Ethics?
Bloomsbury Publishing : 2012 :
Mandatory

Further reading in forms of articles and/or book chapters related to lectures will be added.