Advanced qualitative research methods

The unit will provide you, as HDR students, with the requisite knowledge and skills in qualitative research methodology to enable you to design and execute a PhD research project. The unit will review and explain various qualitative research methods with the aim of critically evaluating the paradigmatic underpinnings of, for example, interpretivist, phenomenological and postmodern theories as they pertain to research design and the collection and analysis of data. Topics to be covered include data gathering techniques such as interviews, content analysis, fieldwork and observation and analysis procedures such as constant comparative analysis. The unit will also provide you with the opportunity to report findings through written and oral presentation.