Module ERPM001 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM001: Interpretive Methodologies
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary over time, it is envisaged that the syllabus will consider a range of issues that relate to interpretive approaches to research. The content is likely to include:
Methodology and ethics:
- Interpretive methodologies and practical concerns relating to research design
- Criteria of judgment in interpretive research such as credibility, confirmability, coherence, completeness, trustworthiness and transferability
- The place of qualitative and quantitative data in interpretive research
- The central place of the researcher in interpretive research, and notions of subjectivity and reflexivity
- Ethical concerns in different interpretive approaches
Techniques and sources:
- Interviewing – ways of asking, listening and recording
- Observation – ways of looking, seeing and recording
- Visual methods – ways of seeing, viewing, creating and recording
Analysis and critique:
- Different approaches to qualitative data analysis, including grounded theory, discourse analysis, narrative analysis and thematic analysis
- Processes of theory generation
- Uses and limitations of data analysis software such as NVivo
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 270 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 30 | 10x3 hour teaching sessions (lectures, workshops and seminars), including on campus teaching and recorded sessions |
| Guided Independent Study | 70 | Collaborative group work |
| Guided Independent Study | 100 | Reading and assignment preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 100 | Writing summative assignment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Suggested journals:
Qualitative Research
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Qualitative Inquiry
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Atkins, L. and Wallace, S. (2016) Qualitative Research in Education. London: Sage.
Brinkman, S. and Kvale, S. (2018) Doing Interviews. 2nd Edition. London: Sage.
Cresswell, J.W. (2005) Educational Research: planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (2nd edition), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson.
Cresswell, J.W. (2007) Qualitative Enquiry and Research design: choosing among five approaches, London, Sage.
Cresswell, J.W. (2008) Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches, London, Sage.
Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y. S. (eds) (2018) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. 5th edition, Thousand Oaks, Sage.
Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y. S. (2003) Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. London, Sage.
Edwards, R. and Hollan, J. (2014) What is Qualitative Interviewing? London: Bloomsbury.
Flick, U. (2009) An Introduction to Qualitative Research, London, Sage 4th edition.
Gubrium, J., Holstein, J.A., Marvasti, A.B., and McKinney, K.D. (2012) The Sage Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of the Craft. 2nd Edition, London, Sage.
Hammersley, M. (2008) Questioning Qualitative Enquiry: Critical Essays, London, Sage.
Haw, K. & Hadfield, M. (2011) Video in social science research, functions and forms. London, Routledge
Koro-Ljungberg, M., Loytonen, T., and Teser, M. (2017) Disrupting Data in Qualitative Inquiry: Engagements with the Post-Critical and Post-Anthpropcentric. Oxford, Peter Lang.
May, T. (2002) Qualitative Research in Action. London, Sage.
Peshkin, A. (2000) ‘The Nature of Interpretation in Qualitative Research, Educational Researcher 29 (9) pp 5-9.
Silverman, D. (2016) Doing Qualitative Research: a practical handbook. 4th edition, London, Sage. Silverman, D. (2006) Interpreting Qualitiative Data. 3rd edition, London, Sage.
Wyse, D., Selwyn, N., Smith, E., and Suter, L.E. (2017) The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research. London, Sage.
