RSNE4320 – Specialization in qualitative methods
Course content
This portfolio-based course will provide practical knowledge about different qualitative methods and their combination, data analysis and presentation of results, which can be used in the empirical research of the Master's thesis. Each topic will be composed of a lecture focusing on a specific method and a practical seminar to work with the method. For completing the course, each student needs to create an individual portfolio consisting of the work done at the seminars. Each assignment that will go into the portfolio will cover how to design a study related to the lecture/seminar topic, how to produce and analyze its data, and how to write the report.??
Learning outcome
Knowledge
After completing the course, you should have obtained knowledge about:??
The different qualitative designs in relation to the object of the study?
Modalities of qualitative data production?
Strategies of data analysis?
Ways of presenting qualitative results?
Issues related to ethics, sustainability and fairness in special needs education empirical research?
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Skills???
After completing the course, you should be able to:??
Design and execute a qualitative research study using the most suitable method or combination of methods??
Assess the quality, sustainability and fairness of an empirical qualitative study in special needs education???
Use the knowledge in qualitative research for the Master's thesis?
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General competence???
After completing the course, you should:??
Have competence in deciding the most suitable qualitative research design??
Have competence in ethical approaches to qualitative research??
Be able to design, execute and communicate sustainable research practices?
Admission to the course
Requires admission to the Master’s programme in Special Needs Education or Master in Research in Special Needs Education.?This course is also open for international exchange students at Master's level.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
RSNE4012?or equivalent.?
Recommended previous knowledge
RSNE4011 and RSNE4013?or equivalent.?
Teaching
The teaching is comprised of lectures and seminars.??
This course has compulsory components:
- Portofolio
The compulsory component must be completed and approved before you are allowed to sit the exam.
Examination
Essay (reflection paper about the portofolio).
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Pass/fail.?Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who do not pass an exam may have a second attempt as soon as it is possible to arrange. This is called a re-sit examination. The re-sit examination is held within 3 months of the original examination.
Students who have passed their exam, but who wish to improve their grade may not participate in a re-sit examination. You may take an exam to improve your grades the next time the course has an ordinary exam, as long as you have not already used all three attempts. The Department of Special Needs Education will provide information and guidelines about the re-sit examination.
More about examinations at UiO
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- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.