Course10910315325 lectures
Development Research Methods
Prof. Rajshree Bedamatta · IIT Guwahati
About
This course will provide training in some methodological approaches in Development studies and Development research that will equip the students into applying them in their dissertations or project evaluations. Applied and practice oriented issues in development research methods will be taken up by focusing on the differences in qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research. Anyone who is interested in development issues and undertaking development research is encouraged to enroll.
INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate: This course is meant for postgraduate students from any discipline who are interested in taking up research in the field of social sciences, with particular focus on the Development Sector. Professionals working in the Development Sector, or those pursuing Rural Management or Rural Development Courses will also benefit
Lectures
Week 1 : The Theoretical and Social Context to Studying Development Research Methods - I
- Lec 1: Reflections on Development Studies & Development Research
- Lec 2: Types, Forms, and Processes of Development Studies Research
- Lec 3: The Rigour in Development Studies Research
Week 2 : The Theoretical and Social Context to Studying Development Research Methods - II
- Lec 4: Paradigms of Development Research
- Lec 5: Development Research-Development Work Continuum and Action Research in Development Studies
- Lec 6: Ethics in Development Studies and Development Research
Week 3 : Qualitative Methods in Development Research - I
- Lec 7: Literature Study
- Lec 8: A General Lecture based on M.N. Srinivas's "The Fieldworker and the Field"
- Lec 9: Introducing Qualitative Research Methods
Week 4 : Qualitative Methods in Development Research - II
- Lec 10: Introducing Qualitative Research Methods (Contd.)
- Lec 11: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions
- Lec 12: Participatory Methods and Approaches
- Lec 13: Conducting Case Studies and Maintaining Field Diaries
Week 5 : Quantitative and Mixed Methods in Development Research
- Lec 14: Introducing Quantitative Research Methods
- Lec 15: An Overview of Mixed Methods Research
- Lec 16. Field Surveys and Inventories
Week 6 : Quantitative and Mixed Methods in Development Research- II
- Lec 17: Logical Framwork and SWOT Analysis
- Lec 18: The importance of Census and other Secondary Data in Development Studies
- Lec 19: Communicating Research
Week 7 : Application of Selected Development Issues & Approaches
- Lec 20: Operationalizing Rights-based Approaches to Development
- Lec 21: Poverty Measures and Analysis
- Lec 22: Gender-sensitive Indicators and Gender Analysis
Week 8 : Application of Selected Development Issues & Approaches- II
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Guwahati
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Rajshree Bedamatta
- Level
- Graduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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