Qualitative Methods
Topic and Activities
1. Qualitative Methods: An Overview Lecture
2. Review: Predictions, Sampling and Ethics
Reading Handout
3. Natural Observation
Reading Handout
Playground Observation Activity

4. Interviews, Questionnaires and Surveys
Interview Activity
Critically evaluating online surveys and questionnaires
5. Case Studies, Content Analysis and other methods
Collecting and reading case studies
Content Analyis Activity: Gender bias in children’s books
6. Issues in Qualitative Research
Class Notes
Triangulation
Handout
Triangulation and the IA Activity
7. Descriptive Statistics
Drawing tables and graphs
Handout
End of Chapter Activities
Assessment:
Trial IB Exam Paper 3
Categories: Year 2 Qualitative Methodology


