SOCI 036D. Into the Field: Qualitative Methods (M)

This course will introduce students to participant observation, interviewing, and surveys as research methods. We will read and discuss a range of studies employing these methods. Throughout the semester students will gain firsthand experience using these methods. This course will include a significant community-based learning component. Students will help to design a research study for a public elementary school, Andrew Jackson Elementary, in Philadelphia. This study will focus on why parents choose charter schools rather than their local neighborhood school. The project will aid Jackson in its efforts to attract more families from the surrounding neighborhood and may contribute to a critical debate about school choice in Philadelphia.
Methods course.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for CBL
Catalog chapter: Sociology and Anthropology
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/sociology-anthropology

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