Integrating the teaching and learning of qualitative methods and tools: adaptable models drawing on the Five-Level QDA method

Speaker(s):

Christina Silver, CAQDAS Networking Project, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey

Abstract:

A continuing challenge in preparing students for qualitative research is teaching methodology and analysis technologies together. The Five-Level QDA method was developed to overcome these challenges and includes an adaptable pedagogical framework for integrating the teaching and learning of methods and tools. This workshop first presents the genesis and characteristics of Five-Level QDA. Then, drawing on experiences of its use in several UK and international HE institutions, models for integrating qualitative methods and tools teaching Five-Level QDA are presented and discussed. Finally, adaptable tools for its practical implementation are explored, including: Live Translation, a technique for facilitating learners to translate analytic tasks into software tools; Analytic Planning Worksheets which scaffold the teaching and learning of translation and facilitate systematic documentation of analytic process; and the Recurring Hourglass Instructional design which facilitates cumulative learning by alternating activities that have a broad, whole-group focus with those with a narrow, individual focus.