Interactive Syllabus

Students will get familiarized with the concept, principles, background and usage of the IPA research method. Lectures will be complemented by hands-on approach in the seminars that will focus on the application of the method in all its research phases.

They should be able to: 
- Understand the background of IPA in philosophy 
- Be able to compare IPA with other qualitative approaches
- Determine which research projects IPA is and is not suitable for
- Be familiar with the limitations of IPA research
- Know how to collect and handle data for an IPA research
- Apply all IPA steps to the data
- Generate research results using IPA

Assessment methods: 
- sufficient attendance (two absences allowed, any more need to be explained and justified)
- submitting a written report from the trial research performed during the course (deadline: 15. June)

Literature:
SMITH, Jonathan A., Paul FLOWERS and Michael LARKIN. Interpretative phenomenological analysis : theory, method and research. First published. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2009. 225 stran. ISBN 9781412908344.
Qualitative psychology : a practical guide to research methods. Edited by Jonathan A. Smith. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2003. ix, 258. ISBN 0761972307.
The Sage handbook of qualitative research. Edited by Norman K. Denzin - Yvonna S. Lincoln. Fifth edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018. xx, 968. ISBN 9781483349800.