ID505 QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN RESEARCH
| Course Code: | 1250505 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GÜLAY FATMA HASDOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide a broad understanding of:
- The underlying principles and historical context of qualitative research methods and methodology
- How to choose and creatively use qualitative methods in design research
- The issues regarding the collection and analysis of data using these methods, including ethical issues, power issues and the role of the researcher in design research
Course Content
State, in sequential order and without resorting to structured sentences, the main topics, issues, concerns, etc. covered in the course, separate individual items with a semi-colon or a full stop; only proper names and words beginning after a full stop should be capitalized.
Underlying principles and historical context of qualitative research; deeper understanding of a range of qualitative research methods; adopting and creatively using qualitative methods in design research; issues regarding the collection and analysis of data using these methods; ethical issues, power issues and the role of the researcher in qualitative research;planning, carrying out and reflecting on fieldwork.
Course Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Develop their research interests into research questions answerable by qualitative research
- Select qualitative methods appropriate to their research questions and employ them in a creative and reflexive way
- Develop creative strategies for qualitative data analysis
- Critically evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of different qualitative methods as employed in design research
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution