Methodology and Informatics for Sustainability Science

SOCIAL SCIENCES CLASS

Lecturers:
- Assciate Professor Nguyen Van Suu, VNU Hanoi University of Social Sciences and
Humanities
- Asscociate Professor Nguyen Tuan Anh, VNU Hanoi University of Social Sciences and
Humanities

Assessment:
a. Class attendance: 10 %
b. Class participation: 10 %
c. Research proposal draft: 10 %
d. Research proposal presentation: 10 %
e. Final research proposal essay: 60 %

Readings:

1. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition.
2. M. DeWalt and R. DeWalt 2011. Participation Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers.
Altamira. Second edition.
3. John W. Creswell 2014. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five
Approaches. SAGE. Third Edition.

Class Schedule

24.4.2019 (Wednesday) – Week 1: 9:00 - 12:00

Research strategies and research design in social sciences
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Van Suu

Texts:
1. John W. Creswell, chapter 4. “Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry”, tr.69-110 (trong
Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches. SAGE, Third
Edition, 2014).
2. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition):
read Part One, pp. 3-155.

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Discussion:
Presentation of student’s potential research topic for MA thesis

06.5.2019 (Monday) – Week 2: 13:00 - 16:00

Quantitative research methods in social sciences: Sampling, questionnaire survey
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Tuan Anh

Texts:
3. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition):
read Part Two, pp. 157-375.

10.5.2019 (Friday): 13:00 - 16:00

Quantitative research methods in social sciences: Sampling, questionnaire survey (continued)
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Tuan Anh

Texts:
4. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition):
read Part Two, pp. 157-375 (continued).

14.5.2019 (Tuesday) - Week 4: 13:00 - 16:00

Qualitative research methods in social sciences: Participation observation
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Van Suu

Texts:
4. M. DeWalt and R. DeWalt 2011. Chapter 1 “What is Participation Observation”,
Chapter 2 “Learning to be a Participation Observation: Theoretical Issues”, and
Chapter 3 “Doing Participation Observation: Becoming a Participant” (in Participation
Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers. Altamira, second edition), pp. 1-66.

17.5.2019 (Friday) – Week 5: 13:00 - 16:00

Qualitative research methods in social sciences: Interviews, group-focused discussion, etc.
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Van Suu

Texts:
1. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition):
read Part Three, pp. 377--609.

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20.5.2019 (13:00 - 16:00) – Week 6:

Writing up in social sciences

Assoc. Prof Nguyen Van Suu

Texts:
1. Alan Bryman 2012. Social research methods. Oxford University Press. Forth Edition):
read Part Four, pp. 610-708.

31.5.2019 (Friday) – Week 7: 13:00 - 16:00

Presentation of research proposal
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Van Suu
Assoc. Prof Nguyen Tuan Anh

- Each student has 3-5 munities to overview research questions and explains how this can be
done methodologically.
- Students have three weeks to revise research proposal as an essay for final exam.