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Course syllabus - Quantitative and Qualitative method

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

OAU075

Valid from

Autumn semester 2015

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements).

Main area(s)

Didactics

School

School of Education, Culture and Communication

Ratified

2014-12-12

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2022-11-25
    • Latest update: 2022-11-25

    Books

    Andreasson, Jesper; Johansson, Thomas

    Vetenskapsteori : grunder och tillämpning

    Upplaga 1 : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2020] - 223 sidor

    ISBN: 9789144133713 LIBRIS-ID: jvq1h9xzgq57025s

    Denscombe, Martyn

    Forskningshandboken : för småskaliga forskningsprojekt inom samhällsvetenskaperna

    Fjärde upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2018] - 506 sidor

    ISBN: 9789144122885 LIBRIS-ID: lth08mc8jwfc1hdj

    Elbro, Carsten; Poulsen, Mads; Erlandsson, Anita

    Utvärdera din undervisning : värdera och förstå statistik och evidens

    1. utg. : Stockholm : Natur & kultur, 2016 - 171 s.

    ISBN: 9789127145634 LIBRIS-ID: 19088219

    Other Materials

    Vetenskapliga artiklar tillkommer, och finns att hämta på kursens Canvassida vid kursstart.

    • Ratified date: 2015-08-03
    • Latest update: 2015-08-24

    Books

    Kvale, Steinar; Brinkmann, Svend

    InterViews : learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing

    2. ed. : Los Angeles : Sage Publications, cop. 2009 - 354 s.

    ISBN: 9780761925422 (pbk.) LIBRIS-ID: 10957812

    Winther Jørgensen, Marianne; Phillips, Louise; Torhell, Sven-Erik

    Diskursanalys som teori och metod

    Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2000 - 205 s.

    ISBN: 91-44-01302-7 LIBRIS-ID: 7275287

    Leeuw, Edith Desirée de; Hox, J. J.; Dillman, Don A.

    International handbook of survey methodology

    New York, NY : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008. - 549 p.

    ISBN: 9780805857535 (pbk.) LIBRIS-ID: 10699312

    (Hämtas via http://joophox.net/papers/SurveyHandbookCRC.pdf)

    Compendiums

    Niklasson, L

    Medborgarbildning i lokalsamhället

    2002

    s. 82-87, 92, 102-106, 161-168, 171-198, 216-236 (64 s.). [Erhålls av kurslärare.]

    Paul, J.L

    Introduction to the Philosophies of Research and Criticism in Education and the Social Scienses

    Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation, 2005

    New Jersey: Pearson, s. 1-20; 43-48 (26s.). [Erhålls av kursansvarig.]
    Potter, J. (1996). Discourse adn Construction. I J. Potter (1996). Representing Reality. Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Constructions (s. 97-121). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. [Erhålls av kursansvarig.]

    Articles

    Degerböl, S; Svendler Nielsen, C

    Researching embodied learning by using videographic participation for data collection and audiovisual narratives for dissemination dissemination - illustrated by the encounter between two acrobats

    Ethnography and Education, 2014

    10:1, 60-75. (15 s.)

    Hammersley, M

    Ethnography: problems and prospects

    Ethnography and Education, 2006

    1:1, 3-14. (11 s.)

    Kawulich, B.B

    Participant observation as a data collection method

    Forum: qualitative social research, 2005

    no 2, art. 43. (28 s.).

    Nörskov, V.S; Rask, M

    Observation of Online communities

    Forum: qualitative social research, 2011

    vol 12, no 3, art. 5. (22 s.).

Specific requirements

A degree at the Bachelor's level, minimum 180 credits including 90 credits with relevance for educational sciences, or a Degree of Bachelor of Education. Additionally, 45 credits are required on advanced level, including a minimum of 30 credits with relevance for educational sciences and the course Scientific methods (7.5 credits) or equivalent.
In addition Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.

Examination

INL1, Home assignment, 6 credits, individually written examination concerning learning outcomes 1-4, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
 
SEM1, seminar, 1.5 credits, written and oral performance concerning learning outcomes 4-5, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G).

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.

Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.

Study guide

Grade

Three-grade scale