Associate Professor - UWO Geography
Geography 9108 - Qualitative Methods in Social Geography
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Qualitative Methods in Social Geography - (Graduate Course)
3
lecture hours, half course, Winter
Mar. 7/12 Ethnography-GT session additional reading- a bonus reading by Prus has been uploaded to Owl. No need to include this in your critical summary, but be prepared to discuss it.
Feb. 22/12 PAR session readings- I changed the readings for the PAR session. I have a few notes that Kemmis and McTaggert (one of the old readings) was "low value added" to what we have already read so far. Overall, I removed two and added two. See the link below in the meetings table to the list of readings.
Jan. 13/12 Owl - I have activated webctowl for the class and there is a link to the login in the menu on the left.
Jan. 12/12 Survey - those of you are registered in the course (and if you have not yet done so, please do, since there is a waiting list to get into the course) please fill out this survey about your research and expectations in the course. Those of you who are also in the Design class, can do some copying and pasting (wink) - (please fill out both surveys).
Nov. 30/11 Course Full - If somebody does not enroll or show up for class I will contact those of you who are on the waiting list. If you are not one of the four I contacted indicating where you sit on the waiting list - I doubt space will free up; I am not even sure how likely it is for the four on the list.
Nov. 25/11 Can you enroll? - At this point it looks doubtful if you have not already been given permisison to enroll. I have 18 spots and I have given permission to 17 students already. The course is open to Geographers first, then Sociologists, then first-come-first-served campus wide. I am waiting to confirm numbers from the Geography and Sociology grad admins. As you likely know you cannot self-register for courses online until Dec 5. so it is difficult to confirm if students will follow through with their intentions to take the course even if I have given them permission to enroll. That is, if you have not yet been given permisison to take the course there is a glimmer of hope. Given this situation, there will be no audits. I will post a message soon letting those of you outside Geography and Sociology still awating permission to take the course know your status.
Description
This course
introduces students to epistemological issues that distinguish
qualitative from
quantitative methods and provides an overview of several of the main
types of
qualitative research methods. It also considers ethical issues and data
analysis and management challenges that are associated with qualitative
research. Students will use the knowledge that they gain in this course
to
write a research paper.
Format
Classes are led by student facilitators each
week and are based on the assigned readings. The group of
facilitators can organize the class discussion any way they like which
might include: a formal summary of the readings, a
Powerpoint or similar presentation, a handout, and excercise, questions
to stimulate discussion.
| Instructor | Room | |
| Jamie Baxter | SSC 1407 | jamie.baxter@uwo.ca |
Timetable
| Lect/Lab | Day | Duration | Start Time | End Time | Room | Instructor |
| Lect 001 | 3 hours | Baxter |
| Component | Weight |
| Paper | 45% |
| Seminar Presentation | 30% |
| Participation/weekly assignments | 25% |
Text: Nagy
Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. 2004. Approaches to
Qualitative
Research: A reader on Theory and Practice. Oxford
University Press. (available through online sellers)
Additional readings: Some sessions will include additional readings (see schedule below). Most of these readings are available through journals to which UWO has free on-line subscriptions.
Substitute readings?: If you have a reading you would like to substitute into your session, please contact me to discuss at least a week ahead of your session. I think we would prefer to replace an existing reading, rather than add more...
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| W | Date | Topic | Reading | Student Seminar Facilitator/Leaders |
| 1 | Organizational Class Meeting | please fill out this survey | students will select a presentation session | |
| 2 | Paradigms | P1 Opener Ch1, Ch2 |
Erin, Frederick |
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| 3 | Feminist Approaches/Standpoint Methodology | Ch3, readings | Emmanuel, Maya |
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| 4 | Mixed Methods | Ch4, Ch5 | May, Liliana |
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| 5 | In-Depth Interviewing | Ch9, Ch10 | Shenika, Jane |
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| 6 | Participatory Action Research | readings | Steve, Kun |
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| 7 | READING WEEK | |||
| 8 | Ethnography and Grounded Theory | Ch20, Ch23, Prus 1997 | Dan, Jason |
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| 9 | Discourse and Text Analysis | P3 Opener, Ch15, reading |
Catherine, Nocole |
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| 10 | Qualitative Rigour and the Role for "Counting"? | readings | Amanda, Collette |
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| 11 | Interpretation, Coding and Computer-Assisted Data Analysis | Ch25, reading | Jamie |
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| 12 | Ethics | Ch24, readings | Sarah |
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| No lecture Jan 26, 2012. | ||||
