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07B:195
SYLLABUS
RESEARCH IN CROSS-CULTURAL
SETTINGS
SPRING, 2006
Class Meeting Location:
N218 LC
Class Meeting Days / Times:
Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Scott McNabb, Ph.D.
Office:
N432 Lindquist Center
Office Phone: (319) 335-5372
e-mail:
scott-mcnabb@uiowa.edu
This
course will be run as a seminar. Throughout
the term, students will read and discuss materials relevant to living in other
cultures and conducting research abroad. Students
will also develop and refine their individual research proposals that will serve
as their guidelines for their work abroad. This second area includes work on language skills and refining research
questions and appropriate methodologies. Students
will also think through how they will analyze their data and establish a
timeline for the various phases of their research projects. For students without concrete plans for overseas research, they should
take the course as if they are in fact leaving on June 1st
for three months of research in the country of their choice.
Grading
will be based on proposal evaluation, comparing the progress from the
January 31st outline
to the
April 25th "final" proposal (40%),
the
midterm exam on March 7th (20%),
class participation (20%),
and the
take-home final exam (20%).
Course
materials can be purchased at the Iowa Memorial Union or at www.amazon.com: Karen
Connelly's, Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand, David Fetterman's, Ethnography: Step-by-Step, Anne Fadiman's, The
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ronaldo Rosaldo's, Culture
and Truth, and Robert Cole's, Doing Documentary Work.
SCHEDULE
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17 January
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Introduction
to the Course
Short Class Meeting – Scott's in Thailand!
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24 January |
Reflections on Teaching in Thailand
Reading: Karen Connelly,
Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand
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31 January |
Research
Perspectives I: Psychological and
Moral Research Quandaries
Video:
Moyers on Traditional Medicine in China
Reading:
Start Cole's Doing Documentary Work (Intro & Chapters 1, 2,
3)
Preliminary
Research Idea Due
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07 February |
Research
Perspectives II : Practical Considerations
Readings:
Rosaldo, Culture and Truth, "Introduction"
Finish
Cole's, Doing Documentary Work
Start Fetterman's,
Ethnography: Step-by-Step,
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
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14 February |
Research Perspectives III: Relationships With The "Subjects" of Your
Research:
Traditional Perspectives
"Miao Year"
Readings: Start Fadiman's The Spirit
Catches You and You Fall Down
Fetterman's,
Ethnography: Step-by-Step,
Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8
Hmong articles
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21 February |
Research Perspectives IV: Relationships
with the "Subjects" of Your Research:
Current Perspectives
Discussion
of Fadiman's,
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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28 February |
Focus,
Focus, Focus (Interview how many monks?)
Research
on Tribal Education in Thailand – Applying Fetterman
Reading:
McNabb, "Tribal Education in Northern Thailand: Policy Implications of Current Mobility
Patterns"
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07 March |
MIDTERM
EXAM: Critique a "How To"
Ethnography Textbook
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14 March |
SPRING
BREAK
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21 March |
Methodology
and Research Design I: Making Your
Methodology
Clear
Readings:
Trueba & Zou, Power in Education, Chapter 2 (handout)
Stromquist,
Literacy for Citizenship, Chapter 3 (handout)
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28 March |
Methodology and Research Design II: Reporting on Qualitative Research
Papers
(Recent
dissertations – Greer and Armstrong)
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04 April |
Analysis – How to Organize, Analyze, and Write Up Your Findings
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11 April |
Rosaldo's Challenges
Reading:
Rosaldo, Culture and Truth
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18 April |
Presentations on Research Projects
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25 April |
Presentations on Research Projects
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02 May |
Course Wrap-Up
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09
May
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FINAL EXAMS DUE
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