The Goucher Symposium: A Celebration of Learning and Scholarship Josephine McKinley Psychology Major Class of 2020
Integrating Case Study Method, Experiential Method, and, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to Teach Psychology as a Human Science and Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology Nyasha Grayman-Simpson, PhD | Josephine McKinley, BA Candidate | Zanabou Njie, BA Candidate | Goucher College | Center for Psychology | Baltimore, Maryland, USA Course Objectives/Transferable Skills Course Participants Challenges/Successes “ Upon entering this class for the first time, I was unsure of how Race Sex College Year "I am feeling a bit overwhelmed "After speaking to Dr. Grayman- qualitative research was to be done.... Painstaking time goes into as I try to catch up with the pace Simpson about some of my worries educating and preparing yourself to even start research." Black = 5 Female = 15 First Years = 0 of the class and struggle. Phase 2 and anxieties, I feel more assured came up on me a bit faster and a that although I don’t have a Josephine (Week 2 ) White = 5 Male = 1 Second Years = 3 lot more time consuming than I full skillset for research, I • Verbatim audio interview transcription was prepared for.” can successfully develop one." • Explain and execute Case Study Method Zanabou (Week 5) Josephine (Week 12) Multiracial = 4 Non-Binary = 1 Third Years = 10 • Explain and execute Experiential Method • (Target Year) Explain and execute Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis • Set up and manage qualitative database using Dedoose Asian = 2 Fourth Years = 4 • Write individual APA style research reports Challenges Successes • Deliver group research presentation Latinx = 1 • Develop ethical, reflective research practice Time Frame Final Presentation and Research Report Integrating Qualitative Methods Research Preparation New Perspective (Cognitive Flexibility) Final Median Grade (B+) • Robert K. Yin's Case Study Method Protecting Human Research Brainstorming Awe-Inducing Pre-Course Reading Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Transferable/Marketable Skillset Participants Certification Experiments • James J. Barrell's Experiential Method • Watch "The Miracle of Life" Competing Academic Workloads Cohesive Group Dynamics • Watch the sunrise while • Jonathan A Smith, Paul Flowers, & Michael Larkin's Interpretative listening to the song, Phenomenological Analysis "Amazing Grace" alone • Tour an Art Gallery alone Response to Challenges • Explore an unfamiliar Course Structure neighborhood alone • Watch the Marvel film, "Black Panther" "This was the first class in a while, that challenged everything I "That is what I like best and will take from this knew about myself, and it was the first class I took in a long time, class: qualitative research is research without an endgame or that made me feel like I was learning brand new material." Experiential Research Process goal; it is finding out through exploration." Josephine (Week 16) Zanabou (Week 11) “I’m looking forward to, but also stressed about, the amount of • Ideally, offer as a two-semester, sequential course. work it’s going to take to gather connections and analyze this Problem-Based Writing/Reflection scattered data.” Workshop Style • If one-semester course, settle on a set of skills you want Learning Intensive students to develop based on perceived priorities. Zanabou (Week 4) • Student-centered • Agenda-focused • Responding to • Remember, "mistakes make art," and, "you can't cross a river experiential method • Working individually • Task-orientated prompts using thick 9 Phases of Data and in groups to 3 Rounds of Data without getting wet." (Zulu Proverb) • Instructor Results Communication and rich description Collection Analysis articulate meaning introduces the task, of 'awe,' an open- • Writing important concepts ended problem methodological References related to the task, summaries • Course members and, the process of functioned in dual carrying out the • In-depth data roles of students task analytic writing and participatory • Consistent, weekly researchers reflective journaling on the process of executing the tasks American Psychological Association Division 5 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Conference • Simmons University • Ju ne 2019
SQIP (Society for Qualitative Inquiry) Conference 2019
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