jgarber@iliff.edu
This required course in the Doctor of Ministry degree program will prepare students to submit their final project proposal, including scope and methodology of the project; an annotated bibliography and literature review; and attention to the ethics and legality of qualitative research.
Booth, Wayne C. et al. The Craft of Research. 4th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2016. ISBN 978-0-226-23973-6. The e-book is also available by login to Iliff's library
Cameron, Helen and Catherine Duce. Researching Practice in Ministry and Mission: A Companion. London: SCM Press, 2013.
Drake, Pat with Linda Heath. Practitioner Research at Doctoral Level: Developing Coherent Research Methodologies. Routledge: New York, 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-49022-1.
Pipher, Mary. Writing to Change the World. Riverhead Books: NY, 2006. ISBN 978-1-440-67946-9.
Sensing, Tim. Qualitative Research: A Multi-Methods Approach to Projects for Doctor of Ministry Theses. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.
Other readings as indicated in the syllabus.
Date | Day | Details | |
Mar 29, 2022 | Tue | Instructor Introductions and Course Overview | due by 05:59AM |
Mar 29, 2022 | Tue | Assignment Week One.A: Introductions (Profile) | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 03, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week One.D: Exercise 3.4 from The Craft of Research | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 03, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week One.B: Framing the Project | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 04, 2022 | Mon | Assignment Week One.C: Evaluating DMin Theses | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 05, 2022 | Tue | First Zoom Discussion, 5:00 - 6:00pm MDT | due by 11:00PM |
Apr 07, 2022 | Thu | Assignment Week Two.B: Key Research Questions | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 10, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Two.A: The Craft of Writing | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 10, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Two.C: Your Faculty Reader | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 13, 2022 | Wed | Assignment Week Three.A: Provisional Research Idea to One Sentence Research Problem | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 17, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Three.B: IRB review | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 17, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Three.C: Develop Your Writing Schedule and Goals | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 17, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Three.D: Methodology & Scope Exercises | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 17, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Three.E: Learning Agreement | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 24, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Four: Project Proposal First Draft | due by 05:59AM |
Apr 26, 2022 | Tue | Second Zoom Check-In 5:00 - 6:00 pm MDT | due by 11:00PM |
May 01, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Five.B: Mining Texts for More Texts | due by 05:59AM |
May 01, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Five.C: Advance your Argument | due by 05:59AM |
May 01, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Five.A: Interactive Reading | due by 05:59AM |
May 08, 2022 | Sun | Annotated Bibliography | due by 05:59AM |
May 15, 2022 | Sun | Literature Review | due by 05:59AM |
May 17, 2022 | Tue | Third Zoom Check-In 5:00 - 6:00 MDT | due by 11:00PM |
May 18, 2022 | Wed | Assignment Week Eight.A: Find a Model Introduction | due by 05:59AM |
May 21, 2022 | Sat | Assignment Week Eight.B: Peer Review of Proposal Draft | due by 05:59AM |
May 28, 2022 | Sat | Rewriting Your Introduction | due by 05:59AM |
May 29, 2022 | Sun | Assignment Week Nine.A: Ethics of Community Research | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 06, 2022 | Mon | Final Outline and Proposal | due by 05:59AM |