RES 7215 - Qualitative Document and Archival Research (3)

When Offered: On Demand
In this advanced methods course, students will learn about and conduct document and archival research in education. Qualitative “documents” will be situated as a broad term to be inclusive of policy, curriculum, social media, audio-visual presentations, digital media, and other texts in material culture. Students will assemble their own archive that pertains to their specific educational research interests. A central aspect of the course is a review of various interpretive and critical methodological approaches to discourse analysis and content analysis, with special attention to the relations between power and knowledge. Students will be exposed to exemplars of methods and analysis from which they can construct their own approach.
Prerequisites: RES 7160 or permission of instructor.