Teaching Research Methods in Sociology

Edited by Liam Foster, Professor of Social Policy, School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, Will Mason, Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences and Kitty Nichols, University Teacher in Applied Social Sciences, Sheffield Methods Institute (School of Education), University of Sheffield, UK

‘Teaching Research Methods in Sociology is for all those who teach sociological research methods. The editors bring together specialists, across the full range of research methods, who have a wealth of experiences and insights. Readers will find the book invaluable as the contributions have their needs and those of their students, explicitly in mind.’

• Contents1 Introduction: why engaging research methods teaching insociology matters 1Liam Foster, Will Mason and Kitty NicholsPART ITEACHING STRATEGIES AND EMBEDDING ACTIVELEARNING STRATEGIES IN TEACHING METHODS2 Doing sociology: active learning in research methods education 12Melanie Nind and Robert MeckinPART IIPREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE RESEARCH PROCESS3 Linking theory and method. Teaching methodologies tosociology students 29Malcolm Williams and Charlotte Brookfield4 Assisting students in generating research ideas and developingresearch questions 43Liam Foster and Tom Clark5 Teaching ethics as a dynamic process to sociology students. 63Ryan Josiah Bramley6 Finding and reviewing literature 80Lisa O’Malley and David BrownPART IIIAPPROACHES TO TEACHING RESEARCH METHODSTO SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS7 Teaching qualitative interviewing 102Kathryn Wheeler and Bethany Morgan Brett8 Convening focus groups 119Jennifer Cyr9 Teaching ethnography 132Robin James Smith10 Working with documents 148Malcolm Tight11 Teaching digital research methods in sociology 165Suay Özkula12 Material relationships and object interviews as a means ofstudying everyday life 181Helen Holmes13 Teaching survey research design 196Lesley Andres14 Teaching secondary data analysis 210Charlotte Brookfield15 Teaching mixed methods research in sociology: facilitatingunderstanding, evaluation and implementation 228Susanne Vogl and Antonia Josefa KrahlPART IVTEACHING SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS HOW TO ANALYSE DATA16 Approaches to teaching thematic analysis in sociology 247Kitty Nichols and Will Mason17 Teaching Ethnographic Analysis 264Paul Atkinson18 Teaching students how to analyse quantitative data 279Julie Scott Jones and Liz Cain19 Teaching data integration in mixed methods research: the valueof Joint Displays 300Aneta PiekutPART VCONCLUSION20 Conclusion to Teaching Research Methods in Sociology 320Will Mason, Liam Foster and Kitty Nichols