I think this is a very good strategy - but we don't all have access to such materials - can you make them publicly available Christian?
I have used 'methods' as a focus with a QDA exercise in which I provide several articles with different methods (including some difficult to classify) and ask students as an exercise to identify 'methods' and develop categories etc. for coding up the article texts. The students usually find this interesting as it makes them review their knowledge of methods generally (they are required to have a general understanding of a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques). So maybe less interesting that how others go about text analysis, but still provides a common point of reference and interest.
Best wishes
Stephen
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> Christian Schmieder
> Sent: 10 June 2011 15:02
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> Subject: Practical examples of analysis?
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> Hello all & dear Timo,
> concerning your question:
>
> "One solution would be to find so interesting data that the students
> would just get carried away with it. That we have tried to do, but
> students' interests vary (the course is for students of all
> disciplines in Social Sciences)."
>
>
> In my MAXQDA-workshops & university classes I use parts of interviews
> with MAXQDA users I conducted for my Thesis a few years ago. Of all
> data I have used in workshops so far, I find these texts being most
> engaging and interesting to the students. They use the software while at
> the same time they learn about how other people used the software, and
> how these researchers felt about integrating the computer in their
> workflow. Ideally the students are interested in working with the
> software, so the topic "using software" is likely to be engaging to many
> students. The second great advantage is that after working with the
> texts, we usually have a fruitful, critical discussion about pros & cons
> of working with software and different styles of using it, which helps
> the students greatly to determine how - and whether - to use the
> programs (because they can identify & sympathize or disagree with the
> statements in the interviews) . Especially students who are critical or
> suspicious of the software are encouraged to develop their own styles of
> integrating the software, because the interviews also feature struggles
> the interviewees had - by working with the texts, students are likely
> to not feel that something is wrong with them just because they do not
> feel initially comfortable with working with QDA software.
> Maybe you have the chance conduct a few interviews with experienced
> users?
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
>
> Christian Schmieder
> Research Consultant
> www.squaremethodology.com
>
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