Dr Victoria Clarke Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Qualitative & Critical Psychology
Teaching thematic analysis: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies for effective learning
Clarke, Victoria; Braun, Virginia
Authors
Virginia Braun
Abstract
With qualitative research methods an integral part of the psychology curriculum, questions arise of what approaches to teach, and how to teach them. We think thematic analysis (TA) offers a useful – and a relatively easy to teach and learn – basic introduction to qualitative analysis (see Braun & Clarke, 2006; 2012, 2013; Clarke & Braun, 2013); yet even teaching a fairly accessible approach like TA presents challenges in the classroom. Drawing on our experiences, and 38 responses from psychology students to a short qualitative survey on students’ experiences of qualitative and TA teaching, we explore some of the challenges of teaching TA to students new to qualitative research, and suggest strategies for overcoming these. Many of these are not specific to TA; they apply to teaching qualitative research more broadly, but we focus our discussion on TA.
Citation
Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2013). Teaching thematic analysis: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies for effective learning. Psychologist, 26(2), 120-123
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Sep 2, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 13, 2016 |
Journal | The Psychologist |
Print ISSN | 0952-8229 |
Publisher | British Psychological Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 120-123 |
Keywords | thematic analysis, teaching |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/937596 |
Publisher URL | http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=26&editionID=222&ArticleID=2222 |
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