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How do you study ‘the elephant in the room’? How to see both the forest and the trees? Moreover, how can you communicate your ideas in effective ways? This course aims to equip you with the basic knowledge of research design, methods, and skills to guide you through the process of developing a research project. The skills that you learn in this course will benefit you not only in academic learning but also in your future careers.
This course will introduce a range of qualitative, quantitative and integrative research methods to help you begin to master research methods and appreciate interdisciplinary research methods. Through readings, lectures, workshops and experience sharing of practitioners, we will explore research projects and academic skills across a range of subject areas including environmental, scientific, technological, social, political, cultural and business management studies.
我們可以怎麼研究「房間裡的大象」？如何見樹又見林？如何能有效地溝通、分享妳(你)的研究發現？這門課目的在於協助你掌握研究設計、方法和技能的基本知識，引導你完成發展一份研究計畫(報告)的過程。
本課程將介紹一系列量化、質化與整合性研究方法，幫助您開始掌握研究方法，並學習欣賞不同學科、跨領域的研究取徑與特長。本課程中，我們亦將藉由閱讀、講授、工作坊、研究者的個人經驗分享，一同探索跨越環境、科學、技術、社會、政治、文化與商業管理研究…等不同主題領域的研究計畫與寫作技巧。本課程分享的研究方法與技巧將為妳(你)的學業表現與未來工作如虎添翼。
能力項目說明
Upon full completion of this course, students will be able to
- 提供社會科學研究的基本知識和工具
- 瞭解一系列量化、質化與整合性研究方法
- 瞭解社會科學中不同類型的學術研究設計和寫作
- 加強學生發展研究計畫與學術溝通的能力
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Part I. Overview of Research Basics |
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9/13 |
Course Overview 課程概覽
Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
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9/20 |
Academic Reading Skills, Referencing and the Management of Information 學術閱讀、引用與資料管理 Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
Workshop: Literature Review for the Class Project |
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9/27 |
Develop Your Research Proposal: Research Questions, Design, and Ethics Developing problematics, crafting research design, and questioning research ethics
Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
Workshop: Draft your Proposal & Fieldwork Plan |
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10/4 |
Piloting Your Field Study田野觀察 Profs. Tzu-Chi Ou & Hung-Ying Chen |
Workshop: Practicing Field Observation & Initial Exchanges
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Part II. Using Quantitative and Digital Methods* 量化研究方法 |
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10/11 |
Introduction of Quantitative Methods量化研究方法入門 Prof. Chung-Pei Pien |
Pre-class Turn-in: Individual Field notes |
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10/18 |
Measurement and Inference in Quantitative Research 量化研究方法中的測量與干擾 Prof. Chung-Pei Pien
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In-class Grouping
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10/25 |
Survey, Secondary Data, and Big Data 調查、次級資料與大數據 Prof. Chung-Pei Pien
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11/1 |
Practices in Quantitative Methods Prof. Chung-Pei Pien |
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Part III. Using Qualitative Methods 質性研究方法 |
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11/8
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Midterm Introduction to Qualitative Methods Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
Assignment: Design your draft proposal: (Max. 5 pages, including references) |
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11/15 |
Discourse Analysis 論述分析 Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
Workshop: Developing Discursive Analysis |
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11/22 |
Interview: Individual & Focus Groups Prof. Hung-Ying Chen
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Workshop: Practicing Interview Method |
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11/29 |
Participatory (Design) Methods Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
Workshop: Experiencing Participatory Methods |
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Part IV. Mixed Methods & Social Science Outreach |
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12/6 |
Mixed Methods 整合性研究方法 |
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12/13 |
Public Outreach & Social Science Prof. Hung-Ying Chen |
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12/20 |
Final Presentation (1) |
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12/27 |
Final Presentation (2) |
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1/3 |
Flexible Learning Week |
Final revision of project proposal |
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1/10 |
Flexible Learning Week |
Submission of Final Paper (Max. 10 pages, including references) |
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Class Attendance 15 pts
Weekly Engagement 20 pts.
This score is consisting of weekly engagement in the class and individual/group tasks across verbal and written forms.
Final Presentation 25 pts.
Final Paper 40 pts.
Content of Assignments:
Tasks for Weekly Engagement
To be announced in class weekly.
Assignments I (Midterm) and II (Final)
Topic:
To design your research project (either individual or group work) that could be linked to your research essay in other modules in relevant fields.
In this course, we assure you that none of your efforts will go in vain. Once if you select a topic for formulating your research proposal (Assignment I), you will be able to examine your own proposal/essay writings and build up analytical materials throughout each class.
To the end, you will be able to assemble the materials collected throughout the course to refine your essay/proposal and to submit the combined result as Assignment II. Details of evaluation criteria in each assignment will be announced in the Week 1 introductory class.
Assignment I (Due: November 8, 2023)
Please submit a draft research proposal which relates to one or two of the designated categories (i.e. big data and societies; climate politics; democratization; dispossession; gender; globalization) with the following elements:
Both submissions should fulfil the format requirement below:
Assignment II Final Presentation and Refined Proposal (Due: January 10, 2023)
Course Schedule and Readings:
Part I. Overview of Research Basics
9/13 Week 1: Course Overview 課程概覽
Compulsory reading:
Spickard, James (2017) Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in 6 Steps, Sage Publications. (Introduction: pp.1-5)
Supplementary reading:
Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (7th Edition), Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapter 1)
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams (2008) The Craft of Research (3rd Edition). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. (Prologue and Chapters 1)
9/20 Week 2: Develop Your Research Proposal: Research Questions, Design, and Ethics
Compulsory readings:
Bell, Judith (2010) Doing Your Research Project (Open Up Study Skills) (5th edition), Open University Press. Bell, Judith (2010) Doing Your Research Project (Open Up Study Skills) (5th edition), Open University Press. (Chapters 2, 3)
Workshop References:
Gathering and Noting Ideas, SPARK: Student Papers & Academic Research Kit
https://spark.library.yorku.ca/gathering-and-noting-ideas-why-take-notes/
9/27 Week 3: Academic Reading Skills, Referencing and the Management of Information
Compulsory reading:
Effective Reading Strategies, SPARK: Student Papers & Academic Research Kit
https://spark.library.yorku.ca/effective-reading-strategies-academic-reading/
Supplementary Reading:
Bell, Judith (2010) Doing Your Research Project (Open Up Study Skills) (5th edition), Open University Press. (Chapters 4, 5, 6)
10/4 Week 4: Piloting Your Field Study
Henne, Richard B. (2007) ‘From “Subjective I’s” to “Self-evident Ideologies,”’ Qualitative Research Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, April, pp. 117–131.
McCall, George J. (1984) Systematic Field Observation, Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 10., pp. 263-282. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0360-0572%281984%2910%3C263%3ASFO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1
Part II. Using Quantitative Methods 量化研究方法
10/11 Week 5: Introduction of Quantitative Methods量化研究方法入門
Compulsory readings:
Stockemer, Daniel (2019) Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences: A Practical Introduction with Examples in SPSS and Stata, Springer. (Chapters 1, 2)
10/18 Week 6: Measurement and Inference in Quantitative Research 量化研究方法中的測量與干擾
Compulsory readings:
Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (7th Edition), Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapters 7, 8, 12)
10/25 Week 7: Survey, Secondary Data, and Big Data 調查、次級資料與大數據
Compulsory readings:
Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (7th Edition), Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapters 10, 11)
Salganik, Matthew (2019) Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, Princeton University Press. (Chapters 1, 2)
11/1 Week 8: Practices in Quantitative Methods 實作量化研究方法
Compulsory readings:
Mario Callegaro, Katja Lozar Manfreda and Vasja Vehovar (2015) Web Survey Methodology, London: Sage. (Chapter 1)
Part III. Using Qualitative Methods 質性研究方法
11/8 Week 9. Introduction to Qualitative Methods 質性研究方法入門
Compulsory readings:
Creswell, John W. & Creswell, J. David (2018) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 5th Edition (Chapter 4, 9)
Supplementary reading:
Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (7th Edition), Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapters 14 Analysis of Qualitative Data)
11/15 Week 10: Discourse Analysis 論述分析
Compulsory readings:
Johnstone, Barbara (2015) Discourse Analysis, 2nd Edition, London: Wiley-Blackwell. (Chapter 1)
Supplementary reading:
Fairclough, Norman (2003) Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research, Routledge.
11/22 Week 11: Interviewing: Individual & Focus Groups 訪談：個人與焦點團體
Compulsory readings:
Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (7th Edition), Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapters 13 Field Research and Focus Group Research)
Supplementary readings:
Warren, Carol A. B. (2001) Chapter 4. Qualitative Interviewing, in Jaber F Gubrium and James A Holstein (eds.), Handbook of Interview Research: Context and Method, pp.83-101.
Some Strategies for Developing Interview Guides, Department of Sociology, Harvard University. https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/files/sociology/files/interview_strategies.pdf
Seidman, Irving (2006) Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences (3rd edition), Teachers College Press. (Chapter
11/29 Week 12: Participatory (Design) Methods 參與式(設計)方法學
Compulsory readings:
Chevalier, Jacques M. and Buckles, Daniel J. (2019) Participatory Action Research: Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry (2nd Edition), London: Routledge. (Chapter 1)
Supplementary readings:
Rose, Gillian (2016) Visual Methodologies: An introduction to Researching with Visual Materials (4th edition), London: Sage.
12/6 Week 13: Mixed Methods 整合性研究方法
Compulsory readings:
Creswell, John W. & Creswell, J. David (2018) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 5th Edition (Chapter 10)
Supplementary readings:
Von Chamier, Paul (2021) Inequality, Lockdown, and COVID-19: Unequal Societies Struggle to Contain the Virus, The Center on International Cooperation, New York University.
Part IV. Integrated & Creative Methods
12/13 Week 14: Public Outreach & Social Science
National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (no date) The EDGE Tool, NCCPE. Available at: https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/support-engagement/strategy-and-planning/edge-tool (Accessed: 11 July 2023).
12/24 Week 15: Final: Presentation (1)
12/27 Week 16: Final: Presentation (2) & Wrap up
1/7 & 1/10 Weeks 17-18:
Supplementary readings for Academic Reading and Essay Skills學術閱讀與寫作技巧
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein (2016) “THEY SAY I SAY”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (3rd Edition), New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company.
Weinberg, Francine, Goggin, Maureen D., and Bullock, Richard (2016) The Norton Field Guide to Writing (4th Edition), New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company. Chapter 25 (pp.294-300) and Chapter 26 (pp. 305-320).