Lesson Plan 1

Course:  Qualitative Research Methods

Learning Objectives:

• Students will learn general aspects of qualitative research methods
• Explains how qualitative research processes work.
• Explains the main characteristics of qualitative data collection techniques
• Explains various qualitative data analysis methods.
• Develops evaluation criteria for qualitative research reports.
• Evaluates a qualitative research report based on the evaluation criteria.

Individual / Group Activity:

Kahoot questionnaire: Collaborative Learning Activity

Purpose of this activity is to engage students, refresh their learnings during the course they learned so far. This Kahoot activity comprises 20 questions help students to brainstorm ideas for better understanding and lifelong learning.

Question / Answer Session: Discuss within your group, your experiences from different situations and environments, the experiences should preferably come from work situations. Relevant experiences from studies, private life, and traveling can be included.

Padlet Activity: This activity specially designed for Textual Analysis. How textual analysis can be made? Difference between Content Analysis and Textual analysis. Learning about skimming of data etc.

Teaching Methodology:

Normal Lecturing, Teaching Presentation, Discussion

Lesson Structure:

Activity	Teaching	Learning methods/ Other pedagogical considerations	Time (min.)
Welcome and introduction	Introduction of  teacher and students	Entire class – Lecture	15 min
Overview	Lesson description and its aims	Lecture	15 min
Kahoot Activity 1	Discussion about Research Method Questionnaire	Entire class – Individual/group Activity	40 min
Break			20 min
Short discussion	An open conversation on the different research methods	Entire class	20 min
Activity 2	Padlet activity	Entire class – students participated in online activity	30 min
Short discussion	Open conversation Textual Analysis. To understand the difference between Content analysis and textual analysis.	Lecture	20 min
Break			30 min
Question/Answer Session	Brainstorming session	Entire class	20 min
Open discussion	Final wrap up and details about future home assignment, presentation and deadline.	Entire class	20 min
		Total time	4 h

 

Lesson Plan 2

Course:  Qualitative Research Methods

Number of Students: 80

Multicultural Environment

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn the following points during the lesson

• How to conduct a qualitative research project ​
• Learning about research processes​ and methodology
• Analysing and interpretation​

(Some practical examples on what to do with the material/data)

Teaching Methodology:

Normal Lecturing, Teaching Presentation, Discussion

Lesson Structure:

Activity	Teaching	Learning methods/ Other pedagogical considerations	Time (min.)
Welcome and introduction	Lesson description and its aims	Entire class	15 min
Overview	General Discussion	Entire class	15 min
Qualitative Research project	How to conduct a qualitative research project	Normal Lecturing	40 min
Break			20 min
Different examples on research processes​ ·       By Veal​ ·       By Creswell​ ·       A simple model​	Learning by understanding different examples Research Processes	Entire class	20 min
Qualitative Research project	Analysing and interpretation​ Some examples of what to do with the material	Entire class – students participated in on-line activity	30 min
Short discussion	An open conversation about conducting a qualitative research	Lecture	20 min
Question/Answer Session		Entire class	20 min
Open discussion	Steps involved in the analyzing process Final Wrap Up	Entire class	20 min
		Total time	3.5 h

 

 

 

Lesson Plan 3

Course:  Qualitative Research Methods

Number of Students: 80

Multicultural Environment

Learning Objectives:

• Students should be familiar with the current uses of the terms reliability and validity in educational research/thesis work.
• Students should be able to identify the overall process of designing a research study from its inception to its report.
• Students should be familiar with mixed methods research:
  1. The types of mixed methods designs that are typically used
  2. How to interpret a diagram of a mixed methods design by knowing the notations
  3. Why it is suitable for studying types of research problems

• Evaluates a qualitative research report based on the evaluation criteria.
• Students will revise the steps involved in qualitative data collection.

Teaching Methodology:

Normal Lecturing, Teaching Presentation, Discussion

Lesson Structure:

Activity	Teaching	Learning methods/ Other pedagogical considerations	Time (min.)
Welcome and introduction	Lesson description and its aims	Entire class – Lecture	15 min
Overview	Brushing up previous lesson’s learnings	Entire class	15 min
Reliability and Validity	Lecture about uses reliability and validity in academic research.	Entire class	40 min
Break			20 min
Short discussion	An open conversation on Reliability and Validity	Entire class	20 min
Lecture	Interpretation of Data	Entire class	30 min
Short discussion	Norms of data collection	Entire class	20 min
Question/Answer Session		Entire class	20 min
Open discussion	Final wrap up, Discussion about Presentation, Instructions, guidelines and other important information.	Entire class	20 min
		Total time	3 h