Programme details Critical Choices in Qualitative Research

The course duration is five weeks. Course sessions take place twice a week: on Monday and Thursday in the timeslot of 2.00-5.00 pm CET (Note that some sessions with your coach may be scheduled on other days). The course takes a “flipped classroom” approach, meaning that there is preparatory work involved for all online sessions. The preparations and online sessions together equal a time investment of about four hours per course day (i.e. twice a week, 10 days in total). You’ll receive the detailed course program latest one month before the start date.

We organize three types of online sessions:

Plenary sessions: These are online sessions with the whole group facilitated by one or more teachers. These sessions can be online discussion sessions, question hours or workshops. They are scheduled at fixed times selected to suit multiple time zones (between 2 pm – 5 pm CET).
Coach team sessions: In a small team, at the start, middle and end of the course, you will meet your coach to discuss your individual project.
Peer team sessions: In small groups, you will meet with other participants to discuss the topic of the day and related assignments. The assignments serve as input for the plenary sessions that are scheduled after the peer team sessions.

Course Topics

Following the flipped-classroom approach, the content of the course is shaped by participant needs. On the ten course days, plenary sessions will address amongst others the following topics:

Paradigms & Theoretical Frameworks
Research Approaches
Methods & Sampling
Interviews & Focus Groups
Data Analysis
Rigour & Reflexivity