COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5195 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TUBA BAĞATARHAN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce qualitative research methods that have become widespread in educational sciences, to teach qualitative research design, data collection and analysis techniques in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explains qualitative research designs.
2   Use qualitative data collection techniques and analysis methods.
3   Knows validity and reliability in qualitative research.
4   Understands the role of the researcher in qualitative research.
5   Develops, conducts and reports qualitative research proposal.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction
2 Comparison of qualitative and quantitative research methods
3 Qualitative research designs
4 Planning of qualitative research
5 Data collection techniques in qualitative research
6 Data collection techniques in qualitative research
7 Data collection techniques in qualitative research
8 General evaluation and midterm exam
9 Analysing data in qualitative research
10 Analysing data in qualitative research
11 Reporting of qualitative research findings
12 Validity and reliability in qualitative research
13 Ethical principles and publication process in qualitative research
14 Critical analysis of a published qualitative study
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Creswell, J. W. (2017). Nitel araştırma yöntemleri: Beş yaklaşım (M. Bütün & S. B. Demir, Çev.). Siyasal Kitabevi.

Merriam, S. B., & Tisdell, E. J. (2015). Qualitative research: A guide to design and implementation (4th ed.). Jossey-Bass.

Patton, M. Q. (2015). Qualitative research and evaluation methods (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.

Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2018). Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri (11. bs.). Seçkin Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Active Laerning, Discussion, Question and Answer

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with Assignment and Presentation in this course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% of the courses is compulsory to be successful in the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tuba.bagatarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

You can send your messages 24/7 via Online DEU.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 2 14 28
Preparing presentations 2 14 28
Design Project 1 15 15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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