COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5028 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The main aim of the course is to develop understanding of basic concepts about science and qualitative research. Students understand the methods and techniques used in research designs and apply them in new scientific problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the basic concepts of qualitative research methods.
2   Able to explain the importance of qualitative research.
3   Able to explain the process of qualitative research stage.
4   Able to design a qualitative research.
5   Able to do a qualitative research.
6   Reported that presented and surveyed topics related to qualitative research.

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 methods
2 Introduction to qualitative research methods
3 Qualitative research process
4 Sampling in qualitative research
5 Interviewing
6 Interviewing
7 Exam
8 Observation
9 Observation
10 Documan analysis
11 Qualitative data analysis
12 Qualitative data analysis
13 Validity and reliability in qualitative research methods
14 Action research

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2008). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi
2. Creswell, J., W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.Los Angles: Sage.
3. Cohen, L. Manion, L., Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education. London:Routledge.
4. Erkuş, A. (2009). Davranış bilimleri için bilimsel araştırma süreci. Ankara: Seçkin yayıncılık.
5. Singh, K. (). Quantitative social research methods. Los Angles: Sage.
6. Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H. (2005). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri (5.basım). Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
7. Dey, I. (1993). Qualitative data analysis: A user friendly guide for social scientisits. London: Routledge.
8. Bogdan, R., C. & Biklen, S. K. (1992). Qualitative research for education. Boston:Allyn and Bacon.
9. Denzin, N. K. & Lincoln, Y.S. (1998). The landscape of qualitative research: Theories and issues.London: Sage Publication

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion, search

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and Final exams

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Assessed with midtearm exam
LO 3-6: Assessed with final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:00 - 14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 20 20
Midterm 1 18 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55
LO.6445

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