Support for Institutes in Qualitative Research Methods

该项目为定性研究方法研究所(IQRM)提供支持，这是一个年度培训计划，提供最先进的定性研究方法和技术方面的强化指导。这个项目由亚利桑那州立大学质的研究方法联盟赞助，解决了人们对质的研究方法日益增长的兴趣和争论，并为国内领先的政治学和同类学科的定性研究人员之间的讨论和合作提供了宝贵的机会。自2002年以来，IQRM成功地满足了关键的教学和智力需求。尽管许多政治学研究使用定性方法，但即使在顶尖的研究生课程中，这些方法也不是一直在高级水平上教授。因此，IQRM解决了几个相辅相成的目标。首先，每年为期两周的课程对研究生和初级教师进行定性方法培训，以便他们能够在自己的工作中改进这些方法的使用，并在本国机构教授关于定性方法的研究生课程。其次，IQRM允许教师展示最近和正在进行的定性方法方面的工作，并从其他教师和参与其中的学生那里获得反馈。第三，课堂和讨论向学院学生提供关于他们当前研究设计的直接反馈(在大多数情况下，是他们的博士论文的研究设计)。更广泛的影响：IQRM在学生和教职员工之间提供网络机会，并鼓励合作努力传播定性方法的创新。到目前为止，IQRM已经向来自政治学各个子领域以及几个相关学科的近200名研究生和初级教员教授了先进的定性方法。这是一个多元化的群体。2004年，25%的与会者是非白人。同年，54%是妇女--与妇女参与其他场所的方法学项目相比，这是一个显著的参与率。(例如，美国政治科学协会2004年4月7日报告说，政治方法论组织部分的成员中只有19%是妇女。)定于2006年1月、2007年1月和2008年1月举行的会议将继续吸引不同的参与者，预计每一次会议将有大约70名研究生和初级教员以及15名讲师参加。

This project provides support for the Institute for Qualitative Research Methods(IQRM), an annual training program that provides intensive instruction in state-of-the-artmethods and technologies for qualitative research. This program, sponsored by the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods at Arizona State University, addresses the growing interest in and debates about qualitative research methods, and provides an invaluable opportunity for discussion and collaboration among the nation's leading qualitative researchers in political science and cognate disciplines.Since 2002, IQRM has successfully filled a critical pedagogical and intellectual need. Although much political science research uses qualitative methods, these methods are not consistently taught at an advanced level even in top graduate programs. IQRM thus addresses several complementary goals. First, the annual two-week sessions train graduate students and junior faculty in qualitative methods so that they can improve the use of these methods in their own work, as well as teach graduate courses on qualitative methods at their home institutions. Second, IQRM allows faculty to present recent and ongoing work on qualitative methods and get feedback from other faculty as well as participating students. Third, the classes and discussions provide direct feedback to institute students on their current research designs (in most cases, the research design of their Ph.D. thesis). Broader Impacts: IQRM offers networking opportunities among and between students and faculty and encourages collaborative efforts to disseminate innovations inqualitative methods. To date, IQRM has taught advanced qualitative methods to nearly 200 graduate students and junior faculty drawn from across the political science subfields, as well as from several cognate disciplines. This is a diverse group. In 2004, 25% of the attendees were non-White. In the same year, 54% were women-a remarkable participation rate when compared with women's involvement in methodological programs in other venues. (For example, the American PoliticalScience Association reported on 7 April 2004 that only 19% of members of the PoliticalMethodology organized section were women.) The sessions scheduled for January 2006, 2007, and 2008, will continue to draw on a diverse pool of participants and are each expected to bring together approximately 70 graduate students and junior faculty and 15 instructors.