Course: Methods of field research I

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Course title Methods of field research I
Course code KRE/MTER1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Horák Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introductory lecture The basic overview: qualitative and quantitative inquiry and its basic methods Design of the research: from an idea to the research report Ethnography, participant observation Field practice 1 Field practice evaluation, theoretical foundations of the research, construction of a theory, grounded theory Interview - construction of questions, conducting interview Ethics and the research Field practice 2 Field practice evaluation, other research methods - biographical analysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Skills training, Work-related activities, Řízená praxe
  • unspecified - 4 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 20 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 3 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide theoretical foundations of qualitative research in social sciences, introduce its basic research methods and practice "in the field".
Student will be able to arrange, plan, conduct and examine a field research using correct research methods and theoretical foundations.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis

Participation in all field practices. Obligatory attendance (2 absences allowed). Submiting all reading and field practices reports. Content and a form of reports will be specified on the first lecture.
Recommended literature
  • Bauman, Zygmunt. Myslet sociologicky: netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Praha: SLON, 2004.
  • Disman, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha : Karolinum, 2000.
  • Hendl, Jan. Kvalitativní výzkum: základní teorie, metody a aplikace. Praha: Portál, 2012.
  • Chenail, Ronald J. ?Jak srovnat kvalitativní výzkum do latě??. Biograf, no. 15?16 (1998): 29?37., 1998.
  • Kaufmann, Jean-Claude. Chápající rozhovor. Praha: SLON, 2010.
  • Miner, Horace. ?Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.?. American Anthropologist vol. 58, no. 3: 503?507., 1956.
  • Soukup, Martin. Terénní výzkum v sociální a kulturní antropologii. Praha: Karolinum, 2014.
  • Strauss, Anselm. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu: postupy a techniky metody zakotvené teorie. Boskovice : Sdružení Podané ruce - Albert, 1999.
  • Tereza Stöckelová a Yasar Abu Ghosh (eds.). Etnografie: improvizace v teorii a terénní praxi. Praha: SLON, 2013.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter