The purposes of this inquiry course are to: (a) examine the nature, purposes, theories & methods of qualitative research; (b) introduce several approaches to inquiry, including: ethnography, case study, phenomenology, grounding theory, & narrative inquiry to name a few; (c) practice the art of interviewing, observing, & making meaning of social settings; (d) explore a variety of methods for analyzing qualitative data such as thematic analysis, narrative analysis, & discourse analysis to name a few, &; (e) learn how to assess the quality & trustworthiness of interpretive research.
