Qualitative and Action-based Research and Development Methods

The student
- is familiar with development processes containing qualitative and action-based methods
- is able to choose appropriate methods and gather data for the study
- is able to analyse the gathered data
- is able to assess the criteria of credibility and trustworthyness of his/her study

Content
- different approaches and their backgrounds
- case study
- action research
- constructive research
- network research (online research)
- qualitative data and analysis
- content analysis
- trustworthy reporting

Lectures, exercise work in small groups, participation in an inductive content analysis workshop, individual task: analysis of previous qualitative/action research.

The information of this course will be updated by the end of September 2023.

Thursday morning 2.11.2023 at 8.30-11.45
Friday 1.12.2023 at 8.30-15.45
Thursday 14.12.2023 at 8.30-15.45

ATTENTION! Mandatory presence in all teaching sessions.

Elo S. & Kyngäs H. (2008). The qualitative content analysis process. Journal of Advanced Nursing 62(1): 107-115.

Flick U. (2014). An introduction to qualitative research. Edition 5. SAGE.

Graneheim UH, Lindgren B-M & Lundman B. (2017). Methodological challenges in qualitative content analysis: A discussion paper. Nurse Education Today 56: 29-34.

Hsieh H-F, Shannon S (2005) Three approaches to qualitative content analysis. Qualitative Health Research 9: 1277-1288.

Lindgren B-M, Lundman B & Graneheim UH. (2020). Abstraction and interpretation during the qualitative content analysis process. International Journal of Nursing Studies 108: 103632. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103632

Polit, D. & Beck, C. (2020). Resource manual for nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer. Eleventh edition ISBN : 978-1-975112-26-4

Vaismoradi M, Turunen H, Bondas T. (2013). Content analysis and thematic analysis: Implications for conducting a qualitative descriptive study. Nursing and Health Sciences, 15: 398–405.

Current articles of methodology

Please, see more literature on the Moodle-platform of this course.

The assessment is based on active participation in classroom teaching and small team activities. The completion of individual tasks, peer review between groups and the students' self-assessment of their activities. Teachers' comment on the progress of the work and feedback and evaluation of the final report (pass/fail). Approved completion of the course requires participation in all classroom teaching and the return of the required assignments.

This course is 5 credits = 5 x 27 hrs = 135 hrs
- Classroom teaching 20 hrs
- Team work + independent work 115 hrs