COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN MUSIC EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 6047 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN MUSIC EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKAY EBRU TUNCER BOON

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to help students be aware of interpretive paradigm in social sciences, education and music and music education research. With the help of this course, students will be able to understand the philosophical and theoretical foundations in qualitative research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to learn the theoretical and philosophical foundations of qualitative research.
2   Students will be able to learn the ethical issues in qualitative research.
3   Students will read and analyze national and international qualitative research.
4   Students will be able to learn the research designs in qualitative research (cultural analysis, ethnography, classroom ethnography, case studies, action research, phenomenology, ground theory).
5   Students will be able to learn how to choose the appropriate design for qualitative research.Students will be able to learn how to choose the appropriate sample for qualitative research design.
6   Students will be able to learn how to choose and use the appropriate qualitative data collection methods.Students will be able to learn how to choose the appropriate sample for qualitative research design.Students will be able to learn how to choose and use the appropriate qualitative data collection methods.
7   Interpretation of qualitative data.Writing qualitative research report

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to qualitative research
2 The ethical issues in qualitative research
3 National and international qualitative research examples.
4 Research designs in qualitative research.
5 Qualitative sampling
6 Data collection methods
7 Data collection methods
8 Mid-term
9 Data collection methods
10 Data Analysis
11 Data Analysis
12 Reporting
13 Repıorting
14 Reporting
15 Discussion and synthesis.
16 Final Exam/Presentations.

Recomended or Required Reading

Bazeley, P. & Jackson, K. (2013). Qualitative data analysis with NVivo (2nd Ed.). Sage
Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. ISBN: 978-1-4462-5656-5

Denzin, N. & Lincoln Y. (Eds.) (2011). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research.
Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. ISBN 978-1-4129-7417-2

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.boon@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Mondays: 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 13 169
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 211

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.75555555

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