Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Qualitative Inquiry for and Beyond the Academy

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Teachers of qualitative research methods work with students from diverse disciplinary traditions who have varied career goals. Qualitative methods are diverse, multi-faceted, and continually subject to innovation. This symposium assesses the challenges and opportunities represented by different pedagogical approaches to teaching qualitative research methods. We first present findings from an analysis of syllabi from introductory courses on qualitative research delivered in different institutions. Next, we look at specific pedagogical approaches to the teaching of qualitative inquiry in both face-to-face and online settings. Across papers we critically examine how the field of qualitative research methods is represented in different pedagogical approaches to teaching, and the challenges and opportunities that arise in teaching.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Qualitative Research

Cosponsor

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 3: Qualitative Research Methods

Chair

• Kathryn J. Roulston, University of Georgia

Papers

• A Review of Course Syllabi for Introductory Qualitative Research Methods in Education - Stephen Owens, University of Georgia - Athens

• Methodological Slippage: Shifting Inquiries/Paradigms in Qualitative Pedagogy - Kelly Woodall Guyotte, The University of Alabama; Aaron M. Kuntz, The University of Alabama

• Ontological Tracings Informing Qualitative Research: Arts-Based Pedagogies as Inquiry - Kakali Bhattacharya, Kansas State University

• Putting Qualitative Pedagogy to Work Online: Students' Responses and Perspectives - Kathryn J. Roulston, University of Georgia; Trena M. Paulus, The University of Tennessee; Kathleen P. deMarrais, University of Georgia

Discussant

• Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University