HPE 725 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
This doctoral course is designed to introduce students to the history, principles, and primary approaches to conducting qualitative research including discovery-focused qualitative methods germane to educational research and program evaluation. This course will aid learners in conducting qualitative research and evaluating research studies. The course will cover the theoretical and multi-disciplinary origins of the method as a contrast to using quantitative data and experimental studies. We will examine the family of research strategies that fall under the paradigm of qualitative inquiry (such as narrative research, phenomenology, ethnography, case study, and grounded theory), and practice the qualitative interview and coding processes.