Postgraduate Course: Reflexivity in Qualitative Research (SCWR11001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Building on a prior foundation in qualitative methods in social science, this course aims to provide students with an in-depth, applied understanding of the principles and practices of reflexivity. It is relevant to students whose research involves direct or indirect interaction with people's lives, including via documentary sources and internet methodologies as well as via interviews and participant observation. The course will emphasise the value of careful and critical reflection on researchers' own experiences in their interactions with the lives of others. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should
1. have a critical appreciation of approaches to reflexivity in qualitative research in theory and in practice
2. be able to understand and analyse the dynamic interplay between self and other in fieldwork encounters
3. be able to understand, and have strategies for working with, the power dynamics of research encounters and emotional dimensions of qualitative research
4. have an appreciation of key moments in qualitative research encounters including introductions, transitions and crises, and good-byes.
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Reading List
Finlay, Linda and Brendan Gough (eds) (2003) Reflexivity. A Practical Guide for Researchers in Health and Social Sciences Oxford: Blackwell
Hertz, Rosanna (ed.) (1997) Reflexivity and Voice London: Sage
Birch, Maxine and Tina Miller (2000) Inviting intimacy: the interview as therapeutic opportunity International Journal of Social Research Methodology 3, 189-202
Plummer, Ken (2001) The moral and human face of life stories: reflexivity, power and ethics, in his Documents of Life, 2 London: Sage, 204-230
Mauthner, Natasha and Andrea Doucet (2003) Reflexive accounts and accounts of reflexivity in qualitative data analysis Sociology 37, 413-431 |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Viviene Cree
Tel: (0131 6)50 3927
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Course secretary | Mr Andrew Macaulay
Tel: (0131 6)51 5067
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