Conducted in terms: 2022/23Z, 2024/25Z, 2025/26Z

ISCED code: 0310

ECTS credits: 4

Language: English

Organized by: Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (for: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)

Field research methods: Researching disability cultures 2403-OG-EN-FRMR

Topics

1. Theoretical anthropological and pedagogical contexts of qualitative research within socially vulnerable groups, people with disabilities. Cases on Disability Studies.

2. Field research design and ethnographic fieldwork in disability studies. Cases about people and/or artefacts.

3. Data collection and analysis in disability cultures and inclusive spaces. Cases about observations and Informants with disabilities.

4. Research reports in disability studies: case studies, ethnographies, digital ethnographies, focus groups. Cases about real and digital fieldwork.

5. Researching sensitive topics in digital disability fieldwork. Cases about hate and hate crime.

6. Researcher fieldwork dilemmas. Cases about biases, failures, and burdens.

7. Rapport building in disability fieldwork. Cases about ethics and gatekeeping.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE REMOTE FRMRDC Lecture meetings in the winter semester

1. Schedule of MS Teams lecture meetings on EVERY SECOND FRIDAY:
1. Schedule of MS Teams lecture meetings on EVERY SECOND FRIDAY
1/ 4. October 9:45 -11:15 am
2/ 18. October 9:45 -11:15 am
3/ 1. November — Holiday
4/ 15. November 9:45 -11:15 am
5/ 29. November 9:45 - 11:15 am
6/ 13. December 9:45 - 11:15 am
7/ 10. January 2025 9:45 -11:15 am
8/ 24. January 2025 9:45–11:15 am — Grading day.

2. The 15h lecture meetings will be blocked into: 7 meetings 90 minutes.

3. The FRMRDC lecture in the winter semester takes place REMOTELY, in synchronous form (schedule hours with the USOS), like a teleconference, using the MS TEAMS tool.

4. The lecture is held always REMOTELY All elements and the detailed work mode as well as options and conditions of the examination (project) will be provided and discussed at the first lecture meeting in October.

5. Please set up personal accounts in Office 365, which will allow me to add you to the FRMRDC Lecture Group on MS TEAMS

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INSTRUCTION

a. Activate the account via the website https://office365.umk.pl,

b. Log in to the lecture using the generated Microsoft account, https://portal.office.com/.

c. Please write down your login details, i.e. login, and password.

Access CODE to the lecture in the FRMRDC Group on MS Teams: (will be announced before October)

ONLINE SCHEDULE for lecture meetings 15h/ MS Teams FRMRDC Group: (will be announced before October)

To your knowledge. Please keep in mind:
Only when the UCI — Informatics and Computer Department of the NCU installs the icon connecting USOS and Moodle — the lecture note will automatically appear in Moodle. So we are waiting for their actions.
Anyway, the whole lecture is carried out on MS Teams starting in October as scheduled in USOS.

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in lectures - 15 hrs - optional consultations- 15 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for lectures - 10 hrs - projects- 35 hrs - reading literature- 25 hrs LECTURE: Altogether: 100 hrs (4 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Within the scope of knowledge: K1: The graduate knows the terminology used in field research methods in special education and disability studies and understands its sources and applications within related scientific disciplines - K_W01 K2: The graduate has knowledge about the design of field research projects in disability studies and special education. The student has knowledge about research problems, field methods, techniques, as well as ethics of the data collection and reporting the results; -K_W15

Learning outcomes - skills

Within the scope of skills: S1: The graduate has research skills allowing to the formulation of research questions, selection of adequate fields methods, techniques and constructing research tools, developing, presenting, and interpreting research results, drawing conclusions, indicating directions for further research, within the selected sub-discipline of special education and disability studies; -K_U03 S2: The graduate has the ability to cooperate with members of research teams at every stage design and implementation of research; -K_U15

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Within the scope of social competence: SC1: The graduate is aware of the need for constant self-improvement; -K_K03 SC2: The graduate is aware of the ethical dimension of field research; - K_K09

Teaching methods

- Informative lecture (conventional) using presentation - Seminar lecture - Problem lecture - Multimedia demonstrations and/or movies

Expository teaching methods

- problem-based lecture
- informative (conventional) lecture
- participatory lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- case study
- classic problem-solving

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at level B, without the need to know a specialized language related to disability, as this will be explained.

Course coordinators

Beata Borowska-Beszta

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods: graded credit
- participation in lectures meetings (including options; At least 3 participations in lecture meetings are required for credit)
- designing and online oral presenting of the case field project (individual
or team) including performing a chosen observation technique
(participant or non-participant)
recorded on CD as textual-visual presentation pptx; optional essay K1, K2, S1, and
- synchronous lecture discussions
S2, CS1, CS2.

The assessment methods include:
- Used references - 25%
- The structure of the presentation pptx -25%
- Substantial level of presented content -25%
- Assessment of the competence of verbal or written content presentation -25%
Criteria for final evaluation of field projects on pptx :
- fail - under (60 %)
- satisfactory - (60 %) C
- satisfactory plus - (70 %) C+
- good - (80 %) B
- good plus - (90 %) B+
- very good - (95 -100 %) A

Practical placement

Not applicable

Bibliography

Basic references:

Books:
1.Hammersley M., Atkinson P., (2007) Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge (open access)

2.Creswell J., (2011)Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research Los Angeles: SAGE

3.Angrosino M., (2005) Projects in Ethnographic Research, Long Grove: Waveand Press.

4.Barbour R., Kitzinger J., (1999) Developing Focus Group Research: Politics, Theory and Practice. London: SAGE

5.Green J., & Bloome D. (2004) Ethnography and ethnographers of and in education: A situated perspective: Macmillan Publisher.

6. Yin, R. K., (2003) Case study design. Research and methods.Washington DC: Vanderbilt University.

7. Kozinets R. (2010) Kozinets, R. (2010) Netnography. Doing Ethnographic Research Online. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Remark: Please find useful also own countries social sciences repositories for various disability studies issues needed for completing the grading assignments, or use Google books repository or google Scholar.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2403-OG-EN-FRMR in USOSweb