Making research methods relevant to undergraduate students / Dr. Kevin Courtright.
Dr. Kevin Courtright, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, joins a discussion on teaching research methods to undergraduate students. He largely explores his article 'Making Methods Relevant: Undergraduate Research Methods and the Content Analysis Proj...
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| Format: | Streaming audio |
| Language: | English |
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QSR International,
2022.
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| Series: | NVivo Podcast - Between the Data.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | Dr. Kevin Courtright, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, joins a discussion on teaching research methods to undergraduate students. He largely explores his article 'Making Methods Relevant: Undergraduate Research Methods and the Content Analysis Project' (2020), co-authored with his colleague David A. Mackey, Justice and Security Cluster Professor at Plymouth State University.The study is described as a multi-stage project, carried out over 15 weeks. Students selected a data set, developed a literature review, selected research questions, managed the data and then performed a content analysis process (CAP). The project was assigned to undergraduates with the aim of maintaining the relevance of research methods for students by giving them the opportunity to use methods they would likely experience in their professional fields.Exposure to CAP was key to teaching and learning the research method. Students were emerged in the data and taught to code 'the old-fashioned way'. Dr. Courtright explains that they used existing data sources to reduce the complications that may have been introduced by needing Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. Ultimately, the aim of the project was to teach students about the CAP research method, as opposed to developing new scientific discoveries or theories.Dr. Courtright and Mackey evaluated their own success in their teaching of methods by using two key evaluation tools: the quantitative component, SPSS 4, and the qualitative component, in which students gave feedback on the strengths and limitations of their learning experience.Ultimately, Dr. Courtright reflects, 'When you challenge students, most will rise to the occasion, and that is comforting to know'.This podcast series is brought to you by a collaborative partnership between SAGE Publishing and QSR International: https://www.qsrinternational.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (audio file). |