COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 6032 ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To enable students to gain advanced research skills

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to prepare a research proposal
2   to conduct observation as a qualitative research technique
3   to conduct interview as a qualitative research technique
4   to conduct document analysis as a qualitative research technique
5   to apply various qualitative research methodologies
6   to analyse qualitative data

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 Qualitative Research Designs
3 Qualitative Research Designs
4 Sites, Settings, and Entry
5 Observation
6 Ethics
7 Rapport and Subjectivity
8 Interviewing
9 Midterm Evaluation
10 Finding your story: Data Analysis
11 Finding your story: Data Analysis
12 Writing your story: What your data say
13 Writing your story: What your data say
14 Language and Representation
15 Ethnography

Recomended or Required Reading

Glesne, C. (2016). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. Longman: New York.
Denzin, N.K. & Lincoln, Y. S. (2018). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage: Thousand Oaks.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

This course is a graduate seminar course and, as such, will be mostly conducted as guided conversation/discussion. Sudents will be expected to contribute to each of our learning through active participation in class discussions/conversations

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12:30-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Preparation about subject 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Reading 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final Assignment 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

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