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Module 01 - Case Assignment

Case assignment background:

Before you begin your case assignment, you need to do the required background reading.

Your case assignment has to reflect an understanding of the prescribed readings for the module. You need to refer to background readings when you write and remember to use the correct reference techniques. (APA format).

You are also expected to do research and background reading of your own, about the nature of qualitative research and the phenomenological approach. This research needs to be evident in your paper.

The case assignment for module one is based on following article, please read through this article before you proceed:

Timberlake, R. 2004. Decision-making in multi-campus higher education institutions. The Community College Enterprise, 10 (2) 91

Your task:

Write a 2-4 page essay in which you:

i) discuss the characteristics of qualitative research that are evident in this article; (give quotes from the article to illustrate the points that you make);

ii) Discuss what a phenomenological approach to research entails, and whether it is evident in the Timberlake article (or not).

 

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