Course - Methodology in Child and Childhood Research - BARN8200
BARN8200 - Methodology in Child and Childhood Research
About
This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Passed / Not Passed
Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
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Assignment | 100/100 |
Course content
The course will provide an overview of diverse qualitative research methodologies in researching children’s lifeworlds and experiences. The course covers debates on the links between ontology, epistemology, theory, and methodology. It also prepares the students for researching with children and childhood as a social and cultural phenomenon by discussing the various steps in a research process, such as data collection, analysis, interpretation, and the making of a research text. The possibilities and limitations related to the use of different qualitative research methodologies will be addressed. Children's perspectives within research involve the exploration of children's everyday lives from children's perspectives and experiences. A ‘bottom-up’ perspective such as this entails a methodological approach towards children as informants in the research process and calls for the use of different research methods. These may include various forms of interviews, observations, visual methods, and ethnographic fieldwork. Methodological issues such as positionality and reflexivity, accessing children as informants, and research ethics will be addressed. Though the main emphasis is on qualitative research, various quantitative methods and the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches will be discussed.
Lectures draw on ongoing empirical research carried out in the department as well as from an international milieu of children and childhood researchers.
Learning outcome
At the end of the course students have acquired the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
- In-depth understanding on a range of qualitative methodologies to undertake empirical qualitative research on/with children.
- Critical insights into the relationships between epistemology, theory, research questions and methodology.
- Reflexive knowledge linked to methodological discussions on fieldwork, children's perspectives and children as informants.
Skills
- Develop a reflexive use of different methods and techniques with a focus on qualitative approaches.
- Assess the implications how a choice of methodology relates to a choice of theory and vice versa
General competence
- The ability to make connection between epistemology, methodology and theory
- Insights into the process and politics of knowledge production using qualitative methodologies
Learning methods and activities
Total lecture hours: ca. 20. Supervision of paper, individually and/or group based. The teaching language is English.
The course is offered when teaching/supervisor resources are available and can be changed or cancelled if less than 5 PhD candidates are registered.
Compulsory assignments
- Attending lectures is compulsory.
Specific conditions
Compulsory activities from previous semester may be approved by the department.
Required previous knowledge
Admittance to the course requires an approved master's degree in a social science or humanities discipline, or equivalent.
Course materials
Information will be given at the beginning of the semester.
Credit reductions
Course code | Reduction | From | To |
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BARN8002 | 10.0 | SPRING 2006 | |
BARN3202 | 7.5 | AUTUMN 2017 |
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Version: 1
Credits:
10.0 SP
Study level: Doctoral degree level
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Childhood Studies
- Social Sciences
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning
Examination
Examination arrangement: Assignment
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD Assignment 100/100
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"