Teaching Qualitative Methods Using a Research Team Approach: Publishing Grounded Theory Projects with Your Class

This article is a guide for developing a qualitative methods course in psychology that organizes students into a research team conducting a joint project toward the goal of publishing a paper in an academic journal.

Abstract

This article is a guide for developing a qualitative methods course in psychology that organizes students into a research team conducting a joint project toward the goal of publishing a paper in an academic journal. This class structure allows for students to consider qualitative methods and epistemologies through a process of engaged learning. Tips on creating a research team environment, planning a survey component of the course, guiding students through a grounded theory analysis, and organizing the students toward writing a manuscript are presented. Issues raised for consideration also can be useful when supervising individual students' grounded theory projects.