Teaching in Learning: Reflection Notes on the First Half of the Qualitative Research Methods Course

From the perspective of a teaching assistant for the Qualitative Research Methods course, this paper first clarifies the connection between interesting research and meaningful research. It then conducts reflections from three aspects: 1) before class, the reflections focus on optimizing the management of 35 course materials, the craftsmanship value of collective lesson preparation, and student selection centered on the adaptability of research paradigms; 2) during class, analyzing the dilemma of Teaching Assistants between integration and observation, the issue of students' insufficient critical thinking, and corresponding solutions; 3) after class reflections, combined with cases, emphasizing the sources of valuable research questions and the cultivation of research sensitivity, thereby providing a basis for the subsequent optimization of the course.