Narrative interviews: an important resource in qualitative research

Objetives This methodological study explain and emphasize the extent and fertility of the narrative interview in qualitative research. Methods To describe the narrative method within the qualitative research. Results The qualitative research method is characterized by addressing issues related to the singularities of the field and individuals investigated, being the narrative interviews a powerful method for use by researchers who aggregate it. They allow the deepening of research, the combination of life stories with socio-historical contexts, making the understanding of the senses that produce changes in the beliefs and values that motivate and justify the actions of possible informants. Conclusion The use of narrative is an advantageous investigative resource in qualitative research, in which the narrative is a traditional form of communication whose purpose is to serve content from which the subjective experiences can be transmitted.

El karaoke como recurso en el aula

This article has a twofold aim: on the one hand, to present an educational activity and, on the other, to analyse the use of karaoke in the music classroom for learning new songs and promoting strategies to encourage students to play a more active role. The method for this research work is based on two projects carried out by two different groups. One group studies songs by copying them; the other group learns the songs by means of karaoke. The process and the findings suggest that karaoke can be used as a motivating tool that boosts students’ confidence and let them pretend they are 'real famous singers'. However, the findings also show that karaoke is not the best resource for learning songs

O uso da técnica de role-playing como sensibilização dos alunos de Medicina para o exame ginecológico

Exames ginecológicos são especialmente sensíveis tanto para os estudantes inexperientes quanto para a mulher que está sendo examinada. O uso do role-playing ou troca de papéis tem sido cada vez mais reconhecido como forma de aprendizagem das habilidades de comunicação e tem se tornado particularmente importante. Com o intuito de analisar o impacto da troca de papéis nos acadêmicos de Medicina admitidos no módulo de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia do internato, foram realizadas simulações de exame ginecológico durante o ambulatório de ginecologia, com o consentimento dos alunos. A dinâmica foi incorporada e interpretada pelos participantes de modo pleno, demonstrando que as soluções para as questões abordadas podem ser encontradas no íntimo de cada aluno que passa por uma situação de inversão de papéis com sua paciente. Se for possível trazer a experiência do role-playing ou troca de papéis para o ensino médico e para a vida profissional, certamente nos colocaremos no lugar de cada paciente na hora do exame, o que fará da dinâmica realizada um instrumento para a humanização no ensino da ginecologia.

e-Research Methods Module Specification

This file contains a generic module specification for the e-Research Methods module which has been approved by AQSC for use at Masters level.

e-Research Methods Theme 1 Introduction

The theme will introduce you to research at the University of Southampton and within your School. It will also begin the process of helping you become more self- aware of your particular learning style to enable you to manage the requirements of the Research Methods module

e-Research Methods Theme 2 Getting Started as a Researcher

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities and reflect on your view of research as well as the skills you are developing. Most activities are supported by textual or audio material and are there to stimulate your thinking in a given area. Through this theme you will have a broad understanding of what is expected of you, the skills you will be developing, the different approaches to research and the importance of developing a clear and mutually understood relationship with your supervisor.

e-Research Methods Theme 4 Choosing Your Research Topic

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities designed to develop the essential personal, organisational, management, theoretical and research skills you need to select an appropriate topic for a Masters/PhD research project.

e-Research Methods Assessment 1

The first assessment for those using the material as part of a 20 CATS module.

e-Research Methods Theme 5 Project Management

The aims of this theme are: •to identify and develop personal attributes that enable postgraduate students to manage a research project to the correct standard and to complete it on time; •to enable postgraduate students to plan and organise their research project in order to successfully reach their full potential in their chosen postgraduate degree; •to enable postgraduate students to apply appropriate time management skills to the planning of their research project; •to identify study skills and resource management strategies that can benefit postgraduate students to effectively organise and research their chosen field; •to develop team work skills within the postgraduate cohort studying the Project Management core theme.

e-Research Methods Theme 6 Collecting Data

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities designed to help you think carefully about your approach to collecting the data for your research project.

e-Research Methods Theme 7 Data Analysis

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities and reflect on your view of research and the process of analysis of data and information. Most activities are supported by textual or audio material and are there to stimulate your thinking in a given area. The purpose of this theme is to help you gain a general overview of the main approaches to research design. Although the theme comprises two main sections, one on quantitative research and the other on qualitative research, this is purely to guide your study. The two approaches may be viewed as being part of a continuum with many research studies now incorporating elements of both styles. Eventually you will need to choose a research approach or methodology that will be practical, relevant, appropriate, ethical, of good quality and effective for the research idea or question that you have in mind.