SYDNEY: Qualitative Thematic Analysis Masterclass

About this event

This research training is:

• Engaging, hands-on, and interactive
• Designed to build researchers knowledge, skills and confidence to deepen your understanding of qualitative research and successfully conduct thematic analysis
• Based on first hand qualitative research and education experience and has been delivered extensively in Australia and internationally
• Interdisciplinary and suitable for both experienced researchers and those new to qualitative research

Real world and practical:

• This training draws on real-world examples from qualitative research projects, using thematic analysis, and other qualitative methodologies that the facilitator has undertaken; as well as practical examples to work through to help you conduct your own rigorous research.
• Participants each receive a resource pack full of activities we work through during the training.

Day 1 enables participants to:

• Have a strong understanding of the core aspects of qualitative research
• Explore and differentiate between essentialist, contextualist, and constructionist approaches to thematic analysis
• Be guided through each individual stage of thematic analysis via expertly crafted and supported activities
• Gain the skills and confidence to successfully complete a research project using thematic analysis

Day 2 enables participants to:

• Apply thematic analysis across essentialist, contextualist, and constructionist theoretical approaches
• Explore the importance of subjectivity and reflexivity in qualitative research
• Have a strong grounding in the distinctions between the three schools of thematic analysis (reflexive, codebook and coding reliability)
• Explore the relationship between thematic analysis and other qualitative approaches (e.g., discourse analysis, grounded theory interpretative phenomenological analysis)
• Use thematic analysis with a range of data types (e.g. images, webpages)

Participants receive:

• Pre-training material: Preparatory content, received two weeks before training
• Twelve hours of interactive, face-to-face training over two days
• Certificate of Completion
• Option available to book in for one-on-one, post Masterclass support

Feedback from previous workshop participants:

• Excellent presentation, very helpful for current research practice. Interactive, paring work encouraged, learning and sharing of experience.
• Hugely helpful in thinking about my own methodology (grounded theory), different epistemologies and how they apply to real life.
• Very interactive and interesting activities throughout, great examples for own research.
• Brilliant workshop and very competent and articulate lecturer.
• Claire has great energy and passion, pulls you in, great delivery.
• The practicality of this session was fantastic. Thank you Claire!
• Oh my God, I love listening to a knowledgeable researcher who can communicate clearly and teaches well, thank you Claire.
• Claire presented everything in a very approachable and interesting way. Amazing workshop.

Host or Publisher Dr Lisa van Leent & Dr Claire Moran