Exploring Educational Interruptions Due to COVID 19 from the Narratives of Students in China and Maryland: A Qualitative Research Project
Dr. Deborah Gioia
School of Social Work
Social work students enrolled in a 15-week cross-cultural qualitative course teaching foundational skills of the qualitative method will be interviewing Chinese students in October 2020 about the interruptions to their lives as a result of lockdowns in the respective countries. Chinese students will receive four weeks of lecture about qualitative methods. Students from both countries will create semi-structured interviews, conduct and record the interview over a virtual platform, transcribe and analyze the results for a final collaborative report submitted by the UMB students.
Chinese students are not required to submit a final assignment so they will add research rigor to the report of the UMB students by reading and commenting.
The Fellowship lead to the course “Cross-Cultural Qualitative Methods” at the School of Social Work and enrolled 25 students.