EDD 712 - Applied Qualitative Research Methods

Class Number: 2030

Description: Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite: Admission to Educational Leadership for Equity and Justice, Ed.D. Program Description: Students will learn the characteristics of various qualitative research traditions, including case study, phenomenology, narrative inquiry, ethnography, grounded theory, and participatory action research. Students will explore major paradigms that inform many qualitative research traditions and their implications for the conduct of qualitative inquiry, specifically addressing the various approaches and assumptions about reality, knowledge, and values. Students will also gain an introductory understanding of theoretical frameworks and their use in research, and examine issues of positionality, reflexivity, and reciprocity.

Status: Open

Session: Regular Academic Session

Units: 3.00

Class Components: Lecture

Career: Postbaccalaureate

Start Date: 08/23/2025

End Date: 12/13/2025

Grading: Letter Grade

Enrollment Total: 13

Available Seats: 17

Wait List Capacity: 0

Wait List Total: 0