Course: Biographical Approach in Sociology

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Course title Biographical Approach in Sociology
Course code KSS/BIOZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sedlák Miroslav, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Concepts and approaches in biographical method 2. Prior to interview: The preparing for collecting the biographical materials 3. Interview: The beginning with the biographical research - contact managment, and the phases of the research process 4. After the Interview: The ways of working the biographical materials. Indexing, comparison, typology, and the ways of presentation 5.- 6. Realisation of the research project 7.-12. The presentation of the research project.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 34 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain the basic sociological methods
to describe the formation of sociological perspectives in the use of sociological methods
to enumerate and describe the basic qualitative methods
to describe the basic knowledge resulting from empirical qualitative research
Skills
to form a formally acceptable professional output
to use foreign databases of professional journals
to apply and interpret knowledge resulting from the application of qualitative methods
to use adequate concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to enumerate and describe key studies and requisites corresponding with the topic of biographical method
to describe and intepret theoretical approaches used during biographical method
to describe and interpret methods used during biographical method
Skills
to sort key knowledge resulting from biographical method
to evaluate the acquired knowledge critically
to demonstrate and apply selected research methods used during biographical method
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Task-based study method
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills
Lecture
Seminar
Task-based study method
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Combined exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Competences
Seminar work
Project
Recommended literature
  • Alan, J. Generační zázemí našeho společenského vývoje. Sociologický časopis 4/1990. 321 - 325., 1990.
  • Anderle, V. Nepotopitelná třída: Rodinné zázemí v sebeprezentaci českých postkomunistických podnikatelů. Biograf 18-19/1999. 41 - 60, 1999.
  • Arminen, I. Vyprávění životních příběhů a etnometodologie. In: Otevřená minulost. Karolinum. Praha, 1999.
  • Bernard, H. Russell. Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2000. ISBN 0-7619-1403-X.
  • Creswell, John W. Qualitative inquiry and research design : Choosing among five approaches. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007. ISBN 9-781-4129-1607-3.
  • Kamberský, P. Prolínání světů. S-Obzor 4/1994. 12 - 27., 1994.
  • Konopásek , Z. Biografie a sociologie. S-Obzor 2/1994. 32 - 47, 1994.
  • Konopásek, Z. Od černé knihy k černé skříňce: Komunismus relativizujícíma očima. Biograf 18-19/1999. 3-24., 1999.
  • Norman K. Denzin a Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Sage, 2003.
  • Nyíri, P. Mobilita, podnikání a sex. In. Biograf 36/2005. 3-23., 2005.
  • Petrusek, Miloslav. Teorie a metoda v moderní sociologii. Praha : Karolinum, 1993. ISBN 80-7066-799-0.
  • Říčan, P. Hledání grálu. Biograf 4/2005. 20-39., 2005.
  • Silverman, David. Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum : praktická príručka. Bratislava : Ikar, 2005. ISBN 80-551-0904-4.
  • Vodochodský, I. Herbalife a jeho lidé. Biograf 8/1996. 25-40., 1996.


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