Required Readings
Qualitative Methods and Project Development Convenor: Katrina R?n Spring Semester 2009
The Articles and book chapters are found in a compendium available at Akademika bookstore ("kopiutsalget"). Please remember to bring your semester-registration card.
Cieurco, C. and Keitel, M. A. (1999). Ethics in qualitative research. In M. Kopala and L. A. Suzuki (Eds.). Using qualitative methods in psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage publications. 63-75. 12 p.
Kidd, S. A., & Kral, M. J. (2005). Practicing Participatory Action Research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), 187- 195. 19 p.
Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative Researching. London: Sage. (Chapter 9: Making convincing arguments with qualitative data). 173-204. 31 p.
Murray, M. (2003) Narrative psychology. In Smith, J. A. (Ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Methods. London: Sage. 111-131. 20 p.
Ochs, E. (1979) Transcription as theory. In I.E. Ochs and B.B. Schieffelin (Eds.) Developmental pragmatics. New York: Academic Press.43-72. 30 p.
Ritchie, J. and J. Lewis (2003). Qualitative Research Practice. London, Sage. (Chapter 8: Analysis: Practices, principles and processes, Chapter 9: Carrying out qualitative analysis), 199-262. 62 p.
Shweder, R.A. (1996) Quanta and Qualia: What is the “object” of ethnographic method? In R. Jessor, A. Colby, and R.A. Shweder (Eds.) Ethnography and human development. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 175-182. 8 p.
Silverman, D. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. (Chapter 12: Developing data analysis). 171-187. 16 p.
Spatz, C. and Kardas, E. P. (2008). Research methods in psychology. Boston: McGrawHill. (Appendix B: Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002)) 409-438. 30 p.
Toma, D. J. (2000). "How getting close to your subjects makes qualitative data better." Theory Into Practice 39(3): 177-184. 8 p.
Willig, C. (2003). Discourse analysis. In Smith, J. A. (Ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Methods. London: Sage. 159-183. 24 p.
In total: 260 p.
In addition to these required readings, the students are to read 240 p. on methods related to their master thesis project development.