Postgraduate Module Descriptor


ERPM001: Interpretive Methodologies

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

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.