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Integrative Missiological Research Methodology
DIS 725: 3 credit hours
Western Seminary – Campus
Instructors:
Enoch Wan, Ph.D. (503) 517-1804
Annie Woo,
Syllabus – Spring 2014
COURSE SCHEDULE
March 2-6, 2015 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Various types of qualitative & quantitative methodologies pertinent to missiological research will be surveyed and compared. Specific methodologies and skills (e.g., ethnography, survey) will be studied with the expressed purpose of preparing students to conduct research for their dissertation.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Knowing: gain basic understanding of concepts, theories, methodologies and skills of doctoral- level academic research;
- Discerning: differentiating various approaches in missiological research and discerning directional leading in personal research design for dissertation;
- Practicing: put into practice what has learned to design an integrative approach to conduct research for dissertation.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Monday – Thursday: Qualitative research: Dr. Wan
Friday: Quantitative research: Dr. Woo
COURSE REQUIREMENTS (read the required text before coming to class)
- READING AND RESPONSE (5%)
Read the text and supplementary material in preparation for discussion in class.
- PRE-SESSION PREPARATION & PRESENTATION IN CLASS (5%)
Review and refine your proposal draft (which should have at least two chapters from DIS 712) and be ready to present it in class with handouts.
- POST-SESSION RESEARCH (90%)
Revise and refine your proposal draft of #2, integrating appropriate qualitative
and/or quantitative methods
TEXTBOOKS
Creswell, John W. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design Choosing Among Five Approaches(3rdEdition) CA: Sage Publications, Inc. 2006. (NOTE: Please make sure that you purchase the 3nd edition), ISBN# 978-1412995306, Price: $65.83
Supplementary reading will be given at the first class meeting.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Bert, Bruce L. 2006. Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (6th Edition)
Allyn & Bacon
Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.). 2011. The SAGEHandbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications, Inc. .ISBN# 978-1412974172 $121.38 (expensive but excellent)
Sogaard, Viggo. 1996. Research In Church and Mission. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
Bernard, H. Russell. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1999. (ISBN 0-7619-1403-X)
Case study
- Hiebert, Paul and Frances F. Case Studies in Missions. Baker 1987
(free download from
- Neely, Alan. Christian Mission: A Case Study Approach. Orbis 1997.
KEY REFERENCES
Albreck, Pamela L. and Robert B. Settle. 1985. The Survey Research Handbook. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin.
Ary, Donald and Lucy Cheser Jacobs. 1985. Introduction to Research in Education. Forth Worth, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Babbie, Earl R. 1982. Social Research for Consumers. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Babbie, Earl. 1991. The Practice of Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Badke, William B. 1990. The Survivor’s Guide to Library Research. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Barber, Cyril L. 1982. Introduction to Theological Research. Chicago: Moody Press.
Barzun, Jacques and Henry F. Graff. 1985. The Modern Researcher. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Bernard, H. Russell. 1999. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Bogdan, Robert C. and Sari Knopp Biklen. 1992.Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods. 2 nd. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Bolich, Gregory. 1986. The Christian Scholar: An Introduction to Theological Research. -Lanham, MD: University Press.
Borg, Walter R and Meredith Gall. 1989. Educational Research. New York: Longman.
Clifford, James and Marcus, George E. 1986. Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Creswell, John W. 1999. Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.
Davis, Richard E. 1984. Handbook for Doctor of Ministry Projects: An Approach to Structured Observation of Ministry. New York: University Press of America.
Engel, James. 1977. How Can I Get Them to Listen? A Handbook of Communication Strategy and Research. Contemporary Evangelical Strategy Series. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House.
Fink, Arlene. 1995. How to Analyze Survey Data. The Survey Kit, Vol. 8. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Floyd J., .1993. Survey Research Methods. 2nd ed. Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol. 1. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Grimes, Georgia R. Ed. 1992. Missiological Abstracts 25 years 1966-1991. CA: Fuller Theological Seminary.
Grimm, Laurence G. 1993. Statistical Applications for the Behavioral Sciences. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd edition Modern Language Association of America; ISBN – 0-87352-669-6
Hammersley, Martyn. 1992. What’s Wrong with ETHNOGRPHY?. New York, NY: Routledge.
Headland, Thomas N., Pike, Kenneth L., Harris, Marvin 1990 Emics and Etics: The Insider/Outsider Debate. Sage.
Hiebert, Paul. 1985. Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Grand Rapids, Baker.
______1995. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.
Huck, Schuyler, Cormier, William, and Bounds, William. 1974. Reading Statistics and Research. New York: Harper Collins.
Huck, Schuyler W. and Sandler, Howard M. 1979. Rival Hypotheses: Alternatives Interpretations of Data Based Conclusions. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers.
Hudson, Bob and Shelley Townsend. 1988. A Christian Writers Manual of Style. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Ives, Edward D. 1995. The Tape-Recorded Interview: A Manual For Fieldworkers I Folklore and Oral History.(2nd ed.). Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press.
Jaeger, Richard. 1990. Statistics: A Spectator Sport. Newbury Park: Sage.
Kepple, Robert J. and John R. Muether. 1992. Reference Works for Theological Research: An Annotated Selective Bibliographical Guide. New York: University Press of America.
Leedy, Paul D. and Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis. 2000. Practical Research: Planning and Design. (7nd.ed.). NY: Prentice Hall.
Lundstrom, Karl-Johan and others. 1990. Communicating for Development: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed.). Geneva: Lutheran World Federation.
McMillian, James H. and Sally Schumacher. 1989. Research in Education: A Conceptual Introduction. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company.
Merriam, Sharan B. 1998. Qualitative Research and Case Study Application in Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.
Minium, Edward W. 1978. Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education. (2nd.ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Pagano, Robert R. 1990. Understanding Statistics. (3d ed.). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.
Patton, Michael. 1990. Evaluation and Research Methods. Newbury Park: Sage.
Philips, John 2000 How to Think about Statistics: Sixth Edition(Paperback) Henry Holt
Rudestam, Kjell and Newton, Rae. 1992. Surviving Your Dissertation. Newbury Park: Sage.
Shaw, Harry. 1986. Errors in English and Ways to Correct Them. Grand Rapids, MI: Harper Row.
Smith, Mary Lee and Gene, Glass. 1987. Research and Evaluation in Education and the Social Science: Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
Sowell, Evelyn J. and Rita J. Casey. 1982. Research Methods In Education. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Spradley, James. and David W. McCurdy. 1972. The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland.
Spradley, James. 1979. The Ethnographic Interview. N.Y: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
______. 1980. Participant Observation. N. Y: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Sproull, Natalie L. 1995. “Handbook of Research Methods: A guide
for practitioners and students in the social sciences.” Metuchen: Scarecrow.
Sogaard, Viggo. 1996. Research In Church and Mission. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
Sperber, Dan. 1996. Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc.
Stake, Robert E. 1995. The Art of Case Study Research. Thousand Oaks: CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Strauss, Anselm L. 1996. Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Thomas, R. Murray and Dale L. Brubaker. 2000. “Theses and Dissertations: A guide to planning,
research and writing.”Westport: Bergin and Garvey.
Turabian, Kate L. 1987. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Vijver, Fons J. R. van de and Kwok Leung. 1997. “Methods and Data Analysis for Cross Cultural Research.” Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean. 2001. Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Wan, Enoch. Rethinking Missiological Research Methodology: Exploring a New Direction. Published in Global Missiology, Oct. 2003,
Williamson, John. and David A. Karp. 1982. The Research Craft: An Introduction to Social Research Methods. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company.
Thesis:
Freeman, Linton C., Douglas R. White and A. Kimball Romney. “Research Methods in Social Network Analysis.” Fairfax: George Mason University, 1989.
Matacio, Douglas C. “Cross-Cultural and Philosophical Presuppositions for Organizational Culture Research Methodology in Multicultural Christian Organizations.” Th. M. Miss.Thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1991.
Shipp, Glover Harvey. “Research as a Tool for Urban Evangelism in Developing Countries.” D.Miss. Thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1986.
Journal:
Bedell, Norman E. Thomas and Kenneth. "The Use of Computers in Mission Research."
International Bulletin of Missionary Research 12:4 (1988): 156-161.
Bevans, Stephen B. “Unraveling a 'Complex Reality': Six Elements of Mission.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research. Apr 2003: 50+. Academic Search Premier. Ebscohost Web. Western Seminary, Portland. 8 Apr 2005.
Butselaar, G. Jan van. "Christian Conversion in Rwanda: The Motivations." International
Bulletin of Missionary Research 5:3 (1981): 111-113.
Dunch, Ryan. “Beyond Cultural Imperialism: Cultural theory, Christian missions, and Global Modernity.” History and Theory. Oct 2002: 301+. Academic Search Premier. Ebscohost Web. Western Seminary, Portland. 8 Apr 2005.
Henkel, O.M.I., Willi. "German Centers of Mission Research." International Bulletin of
Missionary Research 21:3 (1997): 103-104,106-110.
Johnson, Harmon Alden. "Research Is the Key to Church Development." Evangelical Missions Quarterly 4:2 (1968):75-88.
Kertai, Barbara. "Protestant Institute for Mission Studies." East-West Church and Ministry Report (1999).
Kraakevik, James. "We Need Cooperation in Research." Evangelical Missions Quarterly 19:3 (1983): 235-236.
Lewis, Jonathan. "Profiling the Latin Missionary: A Report of Contextualized Curriculum Research." International Journal of Frontier Missions 10:2 (1993): 83-86.
Mathews, Ed. "Research Assisted Missions: A Rationale." Journal of Applied Missiology (2000).
Morlan, George Kolmer. “An Experiment in the Recall of Religious Material.” Religion in Life 19 (Aug 1950) no 4:589-594.
Sandahl, Phillip M. "Aerial Photography: A tool for missiological research." Missiology: An International Review 2:4 (1974): 497-509.
Shipp, Glover. "On the Urban Scene, We Must Know the Territory." Journal of Applied
Missiology (1992).
______. "Research: A key to successful urban evangelism." Journal of Applied Missiology (1990).
Shuster, Robert. "Documentary Sources in the United States for Foreign Missions Research: A select bibliography and checklist." International Bulletin of Missionary Research 9:1 (1985): 19-29.
Smith, A. Christopher. "Mission Research and the Path to CD-Rom: Report on the global quest to share." International Bulletin of Missionary Research 19:4 (1995): 146-152.
Stevens, R. Paul and Brian Stelck. “Equipping Equippers Cross-Culturally: An experiment in the appropriate globalization of theological education.” Missiology: An International Review 21 (Jan 1993): 31-40.
Wan, Enoch. (from
- Core Values Of Mission Organization In The Cultural Context Of The 21st Century
- Rethinking Missiological Research Methodology: Exploring a New Direction
Social Sciences And Mission
- The Paradigm & Pressing Issues Of Inter-Disciplinary Research Methodology
Waymire, Bob. 1987. "A Status Report on Research: What Is and What Is Not Being Done." Mission Frontiers.
GRADING
This is the grading scale that we have decided to use throughout the system. Please enter this in your syllabus as is.
A+ / A / A- / B+ / B / B- / C+ / C / C- / D+ / D / D-99-100% / 95-98% / 93-94% / 91-92% / 88-90% / 86-87% / 84-85% / 81-83% / 79-80% / 77-78% / 74-76% / 70-73%
Required Assignments / Points / Estimated Time to Complete
Readings and Response / 10 / 75 hours
Pre-session & presentation prep / 0 / 30 hours
Instructional hours in class / 0 / 35 hours
Post-session research / 80 / 50 hours
Totals / 100 / 190 hrs.
D.MISS. COURSE DUE DATE
Course work for all D.Miss. modules is due to the professor 11 weeks after the last day of each module.Please make sure all work has been submitted to the professor on/or before this date; otherwise it will result in a failing grade and possible removal from the program. If an extension is needed, please contact your professor as soon as possible. Please contact the Administrative Assistant () for the appropriate form.
COURSE POLICIES
Attendance and Late Assignments: Students are expected to attend all class meetings. Students who miss class are responsible for missed work. Absences and tardiness may impact a student’s grade. Students who anticipate an absence should discuss it in advance with the instructor. Students who miss more than 20% of the seat time for the class will not pass the course, without a request for and the completion of additional assignments. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will result in a reduction of the student’s letter grade for that assignment.
Copyright Violation and Plagiarism: Research in secondary sources for the written project is permitted and welcomed. However, any appropriation of either ideas or wording taken from other sources, whether print or electronic, must be properly footnoted. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism which can result in substantial grade reduction or failure. Any unauthorized copying or use of copyrighted materials, including downloaded files of various kinds, can result in criminal charges and fines. For a fuller explanation of these issues or WS's copyright policy, see the “Cheating" section on Western’s website:
Incompletes/Extensions: The final deadline for submitting all course work is the last day of the semester as noted in the Academic Calendar and in the class schedule. In the case of serious illness, family emergency, or similar extenuating circumstances, the student may request an extension. A 1-3 week extension is typical in all except the most extreme cases, and some penalty for late work may apply. Under no circumstances will the student be given more than 5 weeks to complete all required coursework except by petition and approval of the Administrative Committee. (Extensions longer than 5 weeks are rare and should only be requested under extreme circumstances.)
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