Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality

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Autor(a) principal: Antunes, Ana Pereira
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Martins, Silvana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/87198
Resumo: Qualitative research has been increasingly used in the field of psychology. Consequently, concerns about the development of students’ skills in qualitative research have arisen. The main goal of this paper is to characterize the current state of art of the qualitative research teaching in Portuguese bachelor’s degrees in psychology. A documentary analysis was performed, and the data collection was conducted through an online search: first on the website of the General Directorate of Higher Education, and afterwards on the online sites of each of the Portuguese universities where the first cycle of psychology is taught. A content analysis was made by two coders and a discussion about categories was made until a consensus was reached. The data revealed the existence of 31 undergraduate courses in psychology at 31 Portuguese teaching institutions. There were 12 undergraduate courses at 12 public universities, and 19 undergraduate courses at 19 private universities. Despite the diversity in the study plans in the degree of psychology, most of them included qualitative research methodology teaching. However, the data analysis revealed different designations of the curricular units (CUs) related to qualitative research, as well as a different number of credits (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System—ECTS). In addition, there were variations in the academic year in which the qualitative research CUs were taught and registered in their syllabi. This study indicates that undergraduate Portuguese psychology students generally have some training in qualitative research but the way it is carried out and the training contents are not uniform for all the existing degrees. It is important to reflect on the importance of qualitative research in psychology and further studies on qualitative methods teaching practices are still needed.
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spelling Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese realityQualitative researchTeaching and learningEducational psychologyPsychology trainingPsychology researchQualitative researchersPsychological qualitative studiesResearch qualitative skillsQualitative methodsQualitative research has been increasingly used in the field of psychology. Consequently, concerns about the development of students’ skills in qualitative research have arisen. The main goal of this paper is to characterize the current state of art of the qualitative research teaching in Portuguese bachelor’s degrees in psychology. A documentary analysis was performed, and the data collection was conducted through an online search: first on the website of the General Directorate of Higher Education, and afterwards on the online sites of each of the Portuguese universities where the first cycle of psychology is taught. A content analysis was made by two coders and a discussion about categories was made until a consensus was reached. The data revealed the existence of 31 undergraduate courses in psychology at 31 Portuguese teaching institutions. There were 12 undergraduate courses at 12 public universities, and 19 undergraduate courses at 19 private universities. Despite the diversity in the study plans in the degree of psychology, most of them included qualitative research methodology teaching. However, the data analysis revealed different designations of the curricular units (CUs) related to qualitative research, as well as a different number of credits (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System—ECTS). In addition, there were variations in the academic year in which the qualitative research CUs were taught and registered in their syllabi. This study indicates that undergraduate Portuguese psychology students generally have some training in qualitative research but the way it is carried out and the training contents are not uniform for all the existing degrees. It is important to reflect on the importance of qualitative research in psychology and further studies on qualitative methods teaching practices are still needed.This research was financially supported by Portuguese national funds through the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) within the framework of the CIEC (Research Center for Child Studies of the University of Minho) projects under the references UIDB/00317/2020 and UIDP/00317/2020.Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)Universidade do MinhoAntunes, Ana PereiraMartins, Silvana2023-08-092023-08-09T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/87198engAntunes, A.P.; Martins, S. Teaching Qualitative Research in Psychology: A Look at the Portuguese Reality. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 448. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci120804482076-076010.3390/socsci12080448448https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/8/448info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-11T01:17:00Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/87198Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:37:55.520446Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
title Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
spellingShingle Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
Antunes, Ana Pereira
Qualitative research
Teaching and learning
Educational psychology
Psychology training
Psychology research
Qualitative researchers
Psychological qualitative studies
Research qualitative skills
Qualitative methods
title_short Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
title_full Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
title_fullStr Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
title_full_unstemmed Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
title_sort Teaching qualitative research in psychology: a look at the Portuguese reality
author Antunes, Ana Pereira
author_facet Antunes, Ana Pereira
Martins, Silvana
author_role author
author2 Martins, Silvana
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Antunes, Ana Pereira
Martins, Silvana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Qualitative research
Teaching and learning
Educational psychology
Psychology training
Psychology research
Qualitative researchers
Psychological qualitative studies
Research qualitative skills
Qualitative methods
topic Qualitative research
Teaching and learning
Educational psychology
Psychology training
Psychology research
Qualitative researchers
Psychological qualitative studies
Research qualitative skills
Qualitative methods
description Qualitative research has been increasingly used in the field of psychology. Consequently, concerns about the development of students’ skills in qualitative research have arisen. The main goal of this paper is to characterize the current state of art of the qualitative research teaching in Portuguese bachelor’s degrees in psychology. A documentary analysis was performed, and the data collection was conducted through an online search: first on the website of the General Directorate of Higher Education, and afterwards on the online sites of each of the Portuguese universities where the first cycle of psychology is taught. A content analysis was made by two coders and a discussion about categories was made until a consensus was reached. The data revealed the existence of 31 undergraduate courses in psychology at 31 Portuguese teaching institutions. There were 12 undergraduate courses at 12 public universities, and 19 undergraduate courses at 19 private universities. Despite the diversity in the study plans in the degree of psychology, most of them included qualitative research methodology teaching. However, the data analysis revealed different designations of the curricular units (CUs) related to qualitative research, as well as a different number of credits (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System—ECTS). In addition, there were variations in the academic year in which the qualitative research CUs were taught and registered in their syllabi. This study indicates that undergraduate Portuguese psychology students generally have some training in qualitative research but the way it is carried out and the training contents are not uniform for all the existing degrees. It is important to reflect on the importance of qualitative research in psychology and further studies on qualitative methods teaching practices are still needed.
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