Goal: Delve into the scholarly article that use qualitative methods for a topic of your choice.
Steps:
1) Skim through of these journals that will lead you to articles:
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/yas
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gas
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10990860
- http://www.socialjusticejournal.org
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sex
- https://academic.oup.com/socpro
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jce
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eth
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ijq
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/qrj
2a) Find articles that are studies using qualitative methods. Please note that some articles may be super interesting but not qualitative methods and other articles might be about qualitative methods but not an actual research study. (You will have a chance for me to review / approve before investing too much time on potentially the wrong path.)
2b) Identify 1 scholarly article that utilizes qualitative method(s) and interested you the most.
3) Read the article carefully. Pay attention to the following and take notes!
i. What research method(s) was utilized?
ii. Who participated in the study?
iii. What were the ethical considerations involved in the study? (These could be ones the researchers mentioned or ones that you identify.)
iv. What are the major research findings – in other words, what did the researcher discover about this topic?
v. How would you conduct this research differently, for example, more participants, different participants, different setting, different questions asked of participants, etc.
4) You will write up these notes for your final reflection paper. See the organizational guidelines for the paper below.
5) Consider the following criteria for the reflection paper:
- Article was indeed qualitative method(s)
- Topic clearly explained
- Strong organization (e.g., used subheadings)
- ASA Citation Style used (https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/documents/teaching/pdfs/Quick_Tips_for_ASA_Style.pdf)
- Quotes within the paper were properly cited
ORGANIZATION OF FINAL REFLECTION PAPER
Use the bolded subheadings to organize your reflection.
Introduction (1 paragraph)
- Provide the entire citation in American Sociological Association citation style (ASA)
- What was the article about? (Explain this in a way that another Sociologist would understand. Give enough details so we will have context for the next paragraphs.)
Discussion of the Method(s) (1-2 paragraphs)
- What method(s) was used in this study?
- There could be more than one. Describe it and feel free to quote the author(s).
- Who participated in the study?
- Do you think the method(s) was the best approach? Explain why.
Discussion of Findings (2 – 3 paragraphs)
- What did the researcher(s) find in this study? What was compelling, important, or otherwise significant about their research? Feel free to use quotes from the article to explain the findings but the majority of the discussion should be in your words.
- What were the ethical issues that relevant to this study?
Concluding Reflections (2 paragraphs)
- Provide insights about this study in terms of what you liked most about it, what you would do differently, and/or how you would expand this study.
- Share what you have learned about qualitative methods from this class in connection to this article and/or in general.
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