The sixth volume of the Qualitative Psychology Nexus on
"Qualitative Psychology in the Changing Academic Context"
comprises
documents and contributions of the seventh international meeting on qualitative
psychology. It was organized by EARLI SIG 17 "Qualitative and Quantitative
Approaches to Learning and Instruction", the
Centre for Qualitative Psychology and the University of Latvia to deepen our
joint understanding of learning and instruction in the changing academic
context. It took place in Riga (Latvia), October 20-22, 2006 as the SIG 17
meeting between the biannual EARLI conferences. The workshop was held in
the guest house Medzabaki, in Lilaste, about 30 km from Riga. There were 28
participants from seven countries - Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada,
Sweden and Latvia. The participants focused on discussing the contributions
of qualitatively oriented psychologists in Europe and the changes that are
taking place currently in the European academic world following the Bologna
process.
The presenters touched upon really topical issues concerning
changes in higher education following the decisions of the Bologna Process, the
latest ideas concerning qualitative research and how qualitative methods work
in pedagogy and psychology:
- The role of the Bologna process for the institutionalization of qualitative
research methods;
- Teaching qualitative methods in the BA/MA system;
- The role of qualitative research methods in the restructuring-process;
- Implementation of Qualitative research in the BA/MA programmes;
- Potentials for interdisciplinary approaches;
- Purpose of qualitative methods in psychology and pedagogy;
- Contribution of the presenters' studies to promote the development of
academic psychology and pedagogy.
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Contributions to the Meeting |
Introduction and Overview
Irina Maslo & Mechthild Kiegelmann
Part One: Concerning Qualitative Research in Changing Academic Context
From Quasi-Experimental to Qualitative Approach: Use of Mixed
Methods in the International Collaboration of Researchers
Irina Maslo & Günter L. Huber
Empirical Justification of the Interuniversity Joint Master Degree on
"Educational Treatment of Diversity"
Samuel Gento, Antonio Medina, & Concepción Domínguez
Improving the Intercultural Competence of Engineering Students at the
University
Inge Herfort & Andreas Weiss
Basic Considerations about an Archive Concept for Qualitative
Interview-Data
Andreas Witzel
Part Two: Qualitative Approach in the Restructuring
Processes: Diversity, Inter-and Multicultural Issues
Parents' Perspectives on Fostering Self-Determination Skills in Their
Children with Disabilities
Annette Ullrich, Wendy Wood, & Leslie Cook
Evaluation of Didactic Means and Their Formational Skills for
Developing Interculturality
Antonio Medina, Concepción Dominguez, & Samuel Gento
A Qualitative Approach to Research of Integration as Value Orientation
of Youth in Rezekne, Latvia, in a Multicultural Media Environment as a
Learning Place
Tamara Pigozne & Irina Maslo
Qualitative Research Methods: "Analysis of Interviews and Focus
Group about Strategies of Learning in Primary School Paying Attention
to the Students of Foreign Origin"
Cristina Sánchez Romero
A Qualitative Approach to Research of Understanding of Children's
Social Competence and the Opportunities for Its Development
Svetlana Surikova
Part Three: Potentials for Interdisciplinary Approaches and
Purpose of Qualitative Research Methods: Lifelong Learning and Education Issues
A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods for
Data Sequential Analysis in PhD Thesis "Transdisciplinarity of
Learning for Promoting Physical Literacy"
Andra Fernate
An Evaluation Research for Supporting of Students’ ESP Competence
in the Studies of a Higher Educational Establishment
Ineta Luka
The Basic Concept for Following and Evaluating of Learning/Teaching
in Evaluation Process: the Role of Teachers - or - What Do Teachers
Really Need to Teach?
Heidi Flavian
Implementation of Humanistic Principles of Teaching for Improving
Learning of ICT for Adult students
Rita Birzina
Developing Students' Enterprise: the Gap between the Needs and the Reality
Karine Oganisjana & Tatjana Koke
The contributions to this meeting are available for download here:
> Contributions to the
meeting 2006 (pdf) /
Qualitative Psychology Nexus Vol. 06
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