Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Contents: Introduction: towards a pedagogical culture in research methods, Mark Garner, Claire Wagner and Barbara Kawulich; Part I Historical Perspectives: Trends in teaching qualitative research: a 30-year perspective, Judith Preissle and Kathryn Roulston; Historical trends in teaching research methods in the United States, Blaine F. Peden and David W. Carroll. Part II Approaches to the Curriculum: The role of theory in research, Barbara Kawulich; Critical realism and teaching empirical methods, David J.F. Maree; Quantitative or qualitative: ontological and epistemological choices in research methods curricula, Claire Wagner and Chinedu Okeke; Ontology, epistemology, and methodology in teaching research methods, Jan Pascal and Grace Brown; Research as social relations: implications for teaching research methods, Mark Garner and Peter Sercombe; Incorporating the ethical dimension in the teaching of research methods, Donna McAuliffe. Part III Approaches to developing research competence: Developing reflective researchers, Mark A. Earley; Apprenticeship: induction to research through praxis of method, Wolff-Michael Roth; The (in)effectiveness of various approaches to teaching research methods, Terrell L. Strayhorn; Teaching the use of technology in research methods, Jo£o Batista Carvalho Nunes; Best practice in research methods assessment: opportunities to enhance student learning, Erica L. James, Bernadette M. Ward, Virginia A. Dickson-Swift, Sandra A. Kippen and Pamela C. Snow. Part IV Approaches to Teaching Particular Methods: Researcher, know thyself! Emerging pedagogies for participatory research, Peter Taylor; Teaching research methods to trainee practitioners, Tuyen D Nguyen and Brian T. Lam; How to do case study research, Donna M. Zucker; Symmetries ands asymmetries between curriculum and pedagogy in teaching critical ethnography, Shijuan Liu and Phil Francis Carspecken. Part V Approaches to Teaching Non-Traditional Students: Learning research together: reciprocal benefits for individuals with and without disabilities, Annabelle L. Grundy and Michelle K. McGinn; Bridging gaps: the quest for culturally responsive pedagogies in collaborative research methods, Jose Antonio Flores Farf¡n, Mark Garner and Barbara Kawulich; Afterword, Mark Garner, Claire Wagner and Barbara Kawulich; Bibliography; Index.