Qualitative Methods

Topic and Activities
1. Qualitative Methods: An Overview Lecture
Russell and Roberts "Introduction"
Coolican pp. 40-45
2. Review: Predictions, Sampling and Ethics
Russell and Roberts Chapters 1 and 2
Ethics
3. Natural Observation
Lecture
Russel and Robers Chapter 3
Playground Observation Activity


4. Interviews, Questionaires and Surveys


Class notes
Interview Activity
Critically evaluating online surveys and questionaires
Russell and Roberts Chapter 4

5. Case Studies, Content Analysis and other methods


Russell and Roberts Chapter 5
Collecting and reading case studies
Content Analyis Activity: Gender bias in children's books
6. Issues in Qualitative Research
Class Notes
Triangulation
Coolican pp 470
Handout
Triangulation and the IA Activity
7. Descriptive Statistics Chapter 10



Drawing tables and graphs
Handout
End of Chapter Activities


Assessment:
Trial IB Exam Paper 3