Doctor of Ministry Program - Centre for Critical Qualitative Health ...

Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative research & evaluation methods (3 rd ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
Strauss, A. & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of Qualitative Research (2nd e.d). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
COURSE SCHEDULE
** All readings marked with an asterisk * are available electronically.
1) September 17, 2009
Course Overview and Introduction
No Lab
2) September 24, 2009
Ways of knowing and basis of our knowledge
*Williams, A., Ylänne, V. & Wadleigh, P. M. (2007). Selling the ‘Elixir of Life’: Images
of the elderly in an Olivio advertising campaign. Journal of Aging Studies, 21(1), 1-21.
*Sakamoto, I. Ku, J. & Wei, Y. (in press). Deep plunge: Luocha and the experiences of
earlier skilled immigrants from Mainland China in Toronto. Qualitative social work.
*Park, Y. (2005). Culture as deficit: A critical discourse analysis of the concept of culture
in contemporary social work discourse. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32(3),
11-33.
Smith, L. T. (1999). Introduction. In Decolonizing methodologies: Research and
Indigenous peoples. London: Zed Books.
Suggested Readings:
*Askeland, G. A. & Payne, M. (2006) Social work education’s cultural hegemony. International
Social Work, 49(6), 731-743.
Hart, M. A. (2002). Chapter 2: Eurocentricism, colonization and resistance. In Seeking minopimatisiwin:
An Aboriginal approach to helping. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing. (pp. 23-38)
*Sinclair, R. (2004). Aboriginal social work education in Canada: Decolonizing pedagogy for the
seventh generation. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 1(1). 49-61.
Sept. 24 Lab:
What topics lend themselves to qualitative inquiry?
What does a qualitative question look like?
What are the types of qualitative research questions?
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