Open AccessTeaching Qualitative Research for Human Services Students: A Three-Phase Model
Author(s) -
Ruhama Goussinsky,
Arie Reshef,
Galit Yanay-Ventura,
Dalit YassourBorochowitz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1042
Subject(s) - qualitative research , sociocultural evolution , phase (matter) , human services , context (archaeology) , psychology , qualitative analysis , sociology , pedagogy , mathematics education , engineering ethics , social science , engineering , political science , anthropology , law , paleontology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Qualitative research is an inherent part of the human services profession, since it emphasizes the great and multifaceted complexity characterizing human experience and the sociocultural context in which humans act. In the department of human services at Emek Yezreel College, Israel, we have developed a three-phase model to ensure a relatively intense exposure to and practice in qualitative methodology. While in the first phase students are exposed to the qualitative thinking and writing, they are required in the second phase to take a Qualitative Research Methods course that includes practice. The third and final phase includes conducting a qualitative research seminar. The aim of the present article is to shed light on the dilemmas involved in implementing the three-phase model.