Teaching and learning

The use of data in teaching is an invaluable way for learners to engage with real-life research. By investigating the collections held at ESDS Qualidata, learners can find out how real data is originally conceived, collected, analysed and managed. Using data in learning and teaching can also enable critical engagement through the evaluation of the strengths and limitations of particular collections and their methodologies.

ESDS Qualidata makes available a broad range of data across a wide range of topics. Our catalogue holds a growing collection of data, with currently over 330 qualitative collections, of which almost 200 are downloadable. The catalogue can be explored for data to use in teaching and learning, by searching for title, subject keyword, theme and person or organisation associated with the study.

Each study is accompanied by both data and documentation, and increasingly the value of this documentation is being recognised as a training resource in its own right, elements of which the students might adapt for their own research. Documentation may include for example, information on issues relating to sampling, topic guide construction and unstructured questioning techniques, coding of data, and transcription techniques. The data includes examples from a wide range of qualitative methods, many of which are explored in our teaching resources.

Our Teaching Resources

ESDS Qualidata has designed a series of teaching resources on qualitative data collection methods and reuse. These can be used as a reference points or self-paced learning resources for students, as well as teaching tools for tutors. They contain suggestions for activities for users and for tutors to use in classroom activities.

	Resource	Description
	Exploring diverse interview types	This teaching pack provides instructors and students with materials designed to assist in teaching qualitative interviewing.
	Exploring non-interview methods	This resource provides summaries of different ways in which researchers can collect qualitative data, including focus groups, diaries, online data collection, and visual methods.
	Re-using qualitative data - The Last Refuge	Teaching materials demonstrating how qualitative data can be re-used with activities for use in the classroom or as self-paced learning activities.