Research Seminar “Youth”

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Преподаватели

Андреева Анастасия Сергеевна

Бемлер Екатерина Сергеевна

Кузинер Евгения Николаевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at introducing everyday life of youth through the prism of the study of academic literature and conduct their own empirical research. Students will study basic paradigms, theoretical approaches, empirical methods of youth research.

Learning Objectives

• Know key youth studies concepts
• Understand and discuss topics related to youth cultures, scenes, solidarity
• Improve their skills in developing research design in the framework of youth studies

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Apply concepts and theories to solve specific research problems; use concepts and principles in new research contexts
• Analyze academic literature in a selected research field. Evaluate the logic and argumentation of academic texts.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of fundamentals of qualitative sociological research of youth

Course Contents

• Topic 1: Introduction in Youth Studies (4 seminars)
• Topic 2: Design of qualitative research
• Topic 3: Doing literature review
• Topic 4: Qualitative research methodology
• Topic 5 Planning and conducting qualitative field research

Assessment Elements

• Homework 1
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to a separate area of youth studies.
• Homework 2
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to a design of qualitative research and literature reviewing.
• Homework 3
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to еру qualitative research methodology.
• In-class-participation
• Exam
  Exam in the form of a group research project. The project is implemented by a group of 2-4 students. The object of the research can be a youth community, subculture. group of young people. Students must collect and transcribe at least 4 interviews, each lasting at least 30 minutes, or the total duration of all interviews should not be less than 120 minutes. Anonymized interview transcripts are presented to faculty members. Students must present the results of the project at the exam in the form of an oral presentation. The presentation should include: relevance, significance, research problem, research question, subject, purpose statement, methods, theoretical approaches, empirical part, conclusions. The presentation is held in English.
• In-class-participation
• Homework 1
• Homework 2
• Homework 3
• Exam
• Homework 1
• Homework 2
• Homework 3
• Exam
  Exam in the form of a group research project. The project is implemented by a group of 2-4 students. The object of the research can be a youth community, subculture. group of young people. Students must collect and transcribe at least 4 interviews, each lasting at least 30 minutes, or the total duration of all interviews should not be less than 120 minutes. Anonymized interview transcripts are presented to faculty members. Students must present the results of the project at the exam in the form of an oral presentation. The presentation should include: relevance, significance, research problem, research question, subject, purpose statement, methods, theoretical approaches, empirical part, conclusions. The presentation is held in English.

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 4th module
  In-class-participation * 0.4 + Homework 2 * 0.1 + Homework 3 * 0.1 + Homework 1 * 0.1 + Exam * 0.3
• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.3 * Exam + 0.1 * Homework 1 + 0.1 * Homework 2 + 0.1 * Homework 3 + 0.4 * In-class-participation
• 2023/2024 3rd module
  n-class-participation: Активность * 0.4 + Homework 2: Домашнее задание * 0.1 + Homework 3: Домашнее задание * 0.1 + Homework 1: Домашнее задание * 0.1 + Exam: Проект * 0.3

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Hebdige, D. (2002). Subculture : The Meaning of Style: Vol. Taylor & Francis e-Library ed. Taylor & Francis [CAM].
• Silverman, D. (DE-588)141743867, (DE-627)631177094, (DE-576)163079072, aut. (2010). Doing qualitative research a practical handbook David Silverman.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design : Choosing Among Five Traditions. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=63251
• McRobbie, A. (1991). Feminism and Youth Culture. Macmillan Education UK. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21168-5

Authors

• KUZINER EVGENIYA NIKOLAEVNA
• BEMLER EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
• ANDREEVA ANASTASIYA SERGEEVNA