COURSE SYLLABUS

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

1	Course Title:	QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
2	Course Code:	RES5121
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
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:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi BERNA COŞKUN ONAN
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Berna COŞKUN ONAN
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	TO TRAIN EXPERTS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIELD OF SCIENCE BY DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH THAT COMBINES FIELD INFORMATION, SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To know the typology of inquiry.;
2	To know the paradigms of inqiry.;
3	To know fundamental rules in qualitative inquiry.;
4	To know the qualitative research designs and differances amongst them.;
5	To know the strategies of sampling in qualitative researches and to do compare them.;
6	To know the characteristics of the data gathering process.;
7	To know the roles of researcher during the research.;
8	To know what the qualitative data is.;
9	To know the ethics issues reflecting on the process.;
10	To know the validity and reliability procedures to do during the process.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	RESEARCH METHODS TYPOLOGY AND BASIC FEATURES
2	PARADIGMAL APPROACH TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES, NATURE AND ETHICS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
3	ABSTRACT WRITING, INTRODUCTION WRITING AND RELATED RESEARCH IN RESEARCH DESIGN WRITING
4	ACTION APPROPRIATION AND DESCRIPTION DEFINITIONS IN RESEARCH DESIGN
5	IMPORTANT ACADEMIC QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, JOURNALS, INTRODUCTION OF THE RESOURCES, DETERMINING THE PROBLEM STATUS, PROBLEM STATUS WRITING SUPPORTED WITH RELATED RESEARCHES
6	WRITING RESEARCH QUESTIONS, PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE, INTRODUCTION TO VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES
7	DESIGNS COMMONLY USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH, PHENOMENOLOGY, CASE STUDY, FOUNDED THEORY, ACTION RESEARCH, NARRATIVE RESEARCH
8	DESIGNS COMMONLY USED IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH, PHENOMENOLOGY, CASE STUDY, FOUNDED THEORY, ACTION RESEARCH, NARRATIVE RESEARCH
9	HOW SHOULD THE PROCESS OF DECIDING THE RESEARCH PATTERN AND COLLECT DATA ON THE BASIS OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS? and HOW TO WRITE? PLANNING THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN. FREQUENTLY MADE MISTAKES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.
10	FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, RESEARCHER'S ROLES, WRITING AND IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCHER PERSPECTIVE
11	DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICE PRINCIPLES
12	1. MAIN FEATURES AND TYPES OF OBSERVATION
13	2. MAIN FEATURES AND TYPES OF INTERVIEW
14	3. WHAT IS A DOCUMENT REVIEW TECHNIQUE? MAIN FEATURES AND DOCUMENT TYPES.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	John W. Creswell, Eğitim Araştırmaları: Nicel ve Nitel Araştırmanın Planlanması, Yürütülmesi. Robert K. Yin, Durum Çalışması Araştırması Sharan B. Merriam, Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Jossey Bass, Nobel. Andrew P. Johnson, Eylem Araştırması El Kitabı, Anı. Ed. Gürbüz Ocak, Eğitimde Eylem Araştırması ve Örnek Araştırmalar, Pegem. Ed. Ahmet Saban ve Ali Ersoy, Nitel Araştırma Desenleri, Anı. 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	Open-ended exam
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

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

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High