MGE902 - Basic Concepts and Techniques in Qualitative Data Analyses

About This Course

This course will introduce students to the frequently used qualitative methodologies in educational and social sciences research from data collection to analysis. The course will cover concepts, approaches and procedures with tasks for students to gain a better understanding of qualitative research. Students will experience different data collection approaches and engage in class discussions on data collected by students. Attention is also given to the reflexivity of the qualitative researcher. By the end of the course, students would have built conceptual knowledge of qualitative methods, gain practical understanding of the research process, with an area of specialization applied to a research topic of interest that would be developed in depth for the final assignment.