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Enhancing the teaching of qualitative methods: teaching the ‘breadth and depth method’ for analysis of ‘big qual’

Enhancing the teaching of qualitative methods: teaching the ‘breadth and depth method’ for analysis of ‘big qual’
Enhancing the teaching of qualitative methods: teaching the ‘breadth and depth method’ for analysis of ‘big qual’
This chapter describes the development of a new research method: ‘breadth-and-depth method’ and a collaboration which put the development of the method into dialogue with reflection on teaching. Breadth-and-depth method was developed to leverage added value from large volumes of qualitative data (‘big qual’) and enhance the reach of qualitative researchers while respective the fundamental principles of in-depth qualitative research. Through cycles of participatory action research and collaboration in teaching, and with stakeholders and learners, the authors have examined what it takes to develop both a research method and the pedagogy for teaching that method together. They reflect on modes of teaching through data, the use of worked examples and metaphors for articulating and structuring the acquisition of new concepts and knowledge, and the use of peer-learning to enrich learning and manage diversity.
Research methods, Pedagogy, qualitative methods, data archive, secondary analysis
67-85
Edward Elgar Publishing
Lewthwaite, Sarah
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Jamieson, Lynne
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Davidson, Emma
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Edwards, Rosalind
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Davidson, Emma
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Edwards, Rosalind
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Nind, Melanie

Lewthwaite, Sarah, Jamieson, Lynne, Davidson, Emma, Edwards, Rosalind, Nind, Melanie and Weller, Susie (2023) Enhancing the teaching of qualitative methods: teaching the ‘breadth and depth method’ for analysis of ‘big qual’. In, Nind, Melanie (ed.) Handbook of Teaching and Learning Social Research Methods. London. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 67-85.

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This chapter describes the development of a new research method: ‘breadth-and-depth method’ and a collaboration which put the development of the method into dialogue with reflection on teaching. Breadth-and-depth method was developed to leverage added value from large volumes of qualitative data (‘big qual’) and enhance the reach of qualitative researchers while respective the fundamental principles of in-depth qualitative research. Through cycles of participatory action research and collaboration in teaching, and with stakeholders and learners, the authors have examined what it takes to develop both a research method and the pedagogy for teaching that method together. They reflect on modes of teaching through data, the use of worked examples and metaphors for articulating and structuring the acquisition of new concepts and knowledge, and the use of peer-learning to enrich learning and manage diversity.

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Published date: September 2023
Keywords: Research methods, Pedagogy, qualitative methods, data archive, secondary analysis

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Local EPrints ID: 479999
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479999
PURE UUID: 11484483-308b-47a6-b866-1e3a29c56b20
ORCID for Sarah Lewthwaite: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4480-3705
ORCID for Rosalind Edwards: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-9029
ORCID for Melanie Nind: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4070-7513
ORCID for Susie Weller: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-876X

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Date deposited: 01 Aug 2023 16:30
Last modified: 16 Jan 2024 02:48

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Author: Lynne Jamieson
Author: Emma Davidson
Author: Melanie Nind ORCID iD
Author: Susie Weller ORCID iD
Editor: Melanie Nind

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