College Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
    Sep 24, 2024  
College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCI 036D. Into the Field: Qualitative Methods


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.
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Viscelli.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/sociology-anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology 


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