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Teaching Research Methods in Sociology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foster, Liam.
- Series:
- Elgar guides to teaching.
- Elgar Guides to Teaching
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- Providing both theoretical and practical strategies for developing engaging and innovative approaches to teaching, expert instructors share their insights into teaching about important topics in the social research process, from developing research ideas to analysing data.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction: why engaging research methods teaching in sociology matters
- PART I: Teaching strategies and embedding active learning strategies in teaching methods
- Chapter 2: Doing sociology: active learning in research methods education
- PART II: Preparing students for the research process
- Chapter 3: Linking theory and method: teaching methodologies to sociology students
- Chapter 4: Assisting students in generating research ideas and developing research questions
- Chapter 5: Teaching ethics as a dynamic process to sociology students
- Chapter 6: Finding and reviewing literature
- PART III: Approaches to teaching research methods to sociology students
- Chapter 7: Teaching qualitative interviewing
- Chapter 8: Convening focus groups
- Chapter 9: Teaching ethnography
- Chapter 10: Working with documents
- Chapter 11: Teaching digital research methods in sociology
- Chapter 12: Material relationships and object interviews as a means of studying everyday life
- Chapter 13: Teaching survey research design
- Chapter 14: Teaching secondary data analysis
- Chapter 15: Teaching mixed methods research in sociology: facilitating understanding, evaluation and implementation
- PART IV: Teaching sociology students how to analyse data
- Chapter 16: Approaches to teaching thematic analysis in sociology
- Chapter 17: Teaching ethnographic analysis
- Chapter 18: Teaching students how to analyse quantitative data
- Chapter 19: Teaching data integration in mixed methods research: the value of joint displays
- PART V: Conclusion
- Chapter 20: Conclusion to Teaching Research Methods in Sociology
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-03-538251-2
- 1-03-532022-3
- 9781035320226
- OCLC:
- 1570553090
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