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National Workshop on

Qualitative Research Methods

In Psychology

December 2 – 4, 2011

Designed and Conducted by

Dr. Rajshri Mahtani

Founder Convenor

Knowledge Whiteboard, Mumbai

Organized by

The Department of Psychology

Christ University, Bangalore - 29

Christ University Christ University was established as Christ College in the year 1969 with the

motto „Excellence and Service‟ to provide quality education to the young

generation. Christ University was affiliated to Bangalore University till it attained

“Deemed University” status in July 2008. It has the rare distinction of being the

first institution to be reaccredited by NAAC with A+ grade for quality education.

Today, Christ University has become the most preferred institution within a

span of four decades.

Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology offers UG, PG, MPhil, PhD and Allied courses in

Psychology with an aim of instilling a critical perspective in budding

psychologists, so that they can make informed decisions in their professions

lives.

The Department also conducts various academic programmes like National

Level Paper Presentation Competition for undergraduate students, Annual

National Workshop, National Conference.

Workshop Objectives

1. To orient the participants to the relevance of qualitative research

methodology to research in psychology.

2. To explain the paradigm of qualitative research methodology in terms of

its characteristics, process, assumptions, and values.

3. To provide an overview of the methods of qualitative research, including

life histories, in depth unstructured interviewing, focus group discussions,

group interviews, and participant observation.

4. To provide an introduction to data analysis within the paradigm of

qualitative research methodology.

NOTE:

It is not the objective of this workshop to teach specific analysis techniques in qualitative research.

Such techniques for qualitative analysis are taught in a separate workshop over a 3 or 4 day period,

after this basic workshop

is completed by the participants

Who can take part?

University and College Faculty, Researchers and Ph.D Scholars

Registration Details

Registration: Rs. 3000/- per head (including

lunch, workshop kit and certificate)

Last date for registration is 10th November 2011

Maximum number of registrations will be 25 on first come serve basis. All

payments to be made by DD Drawn in favour of The Vice Chancellor, Christ

University, Payable at Bangalore. Registrations can be send to

Coordinator

National Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology

Department of Psychology,

Christ University,

Bangalore – 560029

Resource Person

Dr. Rajshri Mahtani is the founder convenor of Knowledge Whiteboard, a capacity

building organisation for NGOs in Mumbai. She has been teaching at the Post

graduate and Doctoral levels with emphasis on Qualitative methodology, practise

based research, child rights and strategic management of NGOs. She has been a

faculty member of Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has conducted over 50

training programs and workshops with academic organisations and NGOs. She has

several research projects and publications to her credit

For any clarifications Please contact us

Stephen Samuel E-mail: [email protected]

Donna Joy Parakal E-mail: [email protected]

George William E-mail: [email protected]

Paul Raj Email: [email protected]

Ph no: 080 4012 9316/ 9681/9676, Mob: 9964228348

Department of Psychology

Christ University, Hosur Road,

National Workshop on

Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology

December 2-4, 2011

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Programme Schedule

Day 1 (December 2, 2011)

Time Programme

09.30 am – 10.00 am Registration and Inauguration

Introduction to the Workshop’s Objectives and Session Plan

Introduction of the Resource Person and Participants

10.00 am – 10.30 am Tea

10.30 am - 01.00 pm Laying the Foundation • An Overview of the History of Qualitative

Research Methodology

• The Paradigm of Qualitative Research

Methodology

01.00 pm to 2.00 pm Lunch

02.00 pm – 03.00 pm Facilitated Group Exercise

• Formulating topics for Qualitative

Research in Psychology

• Distinguishing between the use of

Quantitative and Qualitative

Methodologies

03.00 pm – 03.30 pm Tea

03.30 pm – 04.30 pm Framing Research Objectives for Qualitative Research – (followed by a

take- home assignment)

Day 2 (December 3, 2011)

Day 3 (December 4, 2011)

09.30 am – 01.00 pm: Qualitative Methods for Data

Collection

In depth Unstructured Interviewing

• Life Histories

• Participant Observation

• Focus Group Discussions

• Group Interviews

(Tea will be served during this session)

01.00 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch

02.00 pm – 03.00 pm Facilitated Group Exercise on

Qualitative Methods of Data Collection

03.00 pm – 03.30 pm (Tea will be served during this exercise)

An Introduction to Qualitative

Data Analysis

03.30 pm – 04.00 pm Summary of the Workshop and

Feedback from the participants

09.30 am – 11.00 am Conceptualizing a Qualitative Research Study

• Integrating Literature Review and

Practice-based Knowledge

• Application of the Conceptual Mapping

Technique

11.00 am – 11.30 am Tea

11.30 am – 1.00 pm Theoretical Sampling

• Identification of the Contexts of Qualitative Studies • Theoretical Sampling Process and Procedures

01.00 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch

02.00 pm – 04.30 pm Facilitated Group Exercise

Conceptualizing Qualitative Research Studies

• Framing Research Objectives

Theoretical Sampling

(Tea will be served during this exercise)

(take-home assignment related to inputs given on Day 2)