COURSE SYLLABUS

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

1	Course Title:	QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
2	Course Code:	RES5130
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	none
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. BERNA COŞKUN ONAN
16	Course Lecturers:	yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Berna COŞKUN ONAN
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Understanding the nature of qualitative research, learning how to plan a qualitative research, what should be considered, and be able to apply it.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To contribute to the individuals who will become scientific experts to produce publications that will contribute to the field of science by making and applying qualitative research designs.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To know the typological, terminological and epistemological differences of qualitative, quantitative and mixed strategy. ;
2	To know the paradigmal and empirical differences of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods.;
3	To understand the design differences of qualitative research types.;
4	To know the researcher's approach, stance and roles in the qualitative research design process;
5	To be able to identify the problem and objectives in qualitative research design, and to develop research questions in this direction.;
6	To be able to plan a data collection process and develop tools based on research questions in qualitative research design;
7	Knowing examples for specific purposes in design, making appropriate choices and explaining;
8	To be able to compare the differences of design processes in the context of examples in the literature.;
9	Visualizing the design process;
10	To be able to research the publication processes of the design, to be aware of the ethical rules and to be prepared for publication;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	RESEARCH METHODS TYPOLOGY (QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS) AND BASIC CHARACTERISTICS. RESEARCH METHODS TYPOLOGY AND ITS BASIC FEATURES. THE PARADIGMAL APPROACH TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, THE NATURE AND ETHICS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.
2	ABSTRACT WRITING IN RESEARCH DESIGN, INTRODUCTION WRITING AND RELATED RESEARCH WRITING, ACTION APPROPRIATION IN RESEARCH DESIGN AND DESIGN CREATION DEFINITIONS
3	IMPORTANT ACADEMIC QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, JOURNALS, INTRODUCTION OF THE RESOURCES, DETERMINING THE PROBLEM STATUS, PROBLEM STATUS WRITING SUPPORTED WITH RELATED RESEARCHES
4	WRITING RESEARCH QUESTIONS, PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE, INTRODUCTION TO VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES
5	DESIGNS COMMONLY USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH, PHENOMENOLOGY, CASE STUDY, GROUNDED THEORY, ACTION RESEARCH, NARRATIVE RESEARCH.
6	DESIGNS COMMONLY USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH, PHENOMENOLOGY, CASE STUDY, FOUNDED THEORY, ACTION RESEARCH, NARRATIVE RESEARCH.
7	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF THE PATTERNS WHICH ARE COMMONLY USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES. EVALUATIONS ON THE SAMPLES.
8	HOW SHOULD THE PROCESS OF DECIDING THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND COLLECT DATA BASED ON RESEARCH QUESTIONS? and HOW TO WRITE? PLANNING THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN. FREQUENTLY MADE MISTAKES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.
9	FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, RESEARCHER'S ROLES, WRITING AND IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCHER PERSPECTIVE
10	DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES: 1. BASIC FEATURES AND TYPES OF OBSERVATION, 2. INTERVIEW DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES AND TYPES. 3. WHAT IS A DOCUMENT REVIEW TECHNIQUE? MAIN FEATURES AND DOCUMENT TYPES.
11	QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS TYPES. COMMONLY USED ANALYSIS METHODS. DESCRIPTION, CONTENT, THEMATIC.
12	REVIEW EXAMPLES OF ARTICLES IN THE CONTEXT OF REPORTING QUALITIES.
13	QUALITY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES INSTEAD OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY. WHAT IS STRENGTH? WHAT ARE THE WAYS TO INCREASE IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS? CHECK THE STURDY OF THE RESEARCH BY QUESTIONS.
14	CHECKING THE DESIGN OF THE RESEARCH DEVELOPED IN THE TEACHING PROCESS AND MAKING IT READY FOR APPLICATION.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Miles and Huberman, Nitel veri analizi Johnny Saldana, Nitel Araştırmacılar İçin Kodlama El Kitabı John W. Creswell, Nitel Araştırmacılar İçin 30 Temel Beceri Güler, Halıcıoğlu Taşgın, Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Yıldırım ve Şimşek, Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. John W. Creswell, Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri Beş Yaklaşıma Göre Nitel Araştırma ve Araştırma Deseni.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	in-process and end-of-process evaluation methods
Information	open-ended exam or homeworks

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	3	20	60
Homeworks, Performances	0	8	32
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			121
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,03
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11
LO1	4	5	5	5	5	5	1	3	4	1	1
LO2	4	5	5	5	4	4	1	2	3	1	1
LO3	5	5	5	4	5	4	2	2	2	1	1
LO4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	1	5	1	1
LO5	4	4	4	4	5	5	1	3	5	1	1
LO6	5	5	5	5	5	5	1	3	5	1	1
LO7	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	5	2	2
LO8	5	5	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	1	5
LO9	3	3	3	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5
LO10	5	4	5	5	5	5	2	5	4	2	4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High