FIVE credible sources that a student could reliable use in
developing research project with a qualitative research design.
Authors - John W. Creswell, Ph.D.Vicki L.
Plano Clark, M.S.
At the end of our study, what
interpretations can we make? (Discussion section of studies) • Interpretation
is stepping back – asking what all of this means; it is not neutral • Options:
– We can give our own personal reflection (based on our experiences, history) –
We can compare our findings with the literature – We can summarize in a general
sense what we found.
Vicki L. Plano Clark (Ph.D., University of
Nebraska-Lincoln) is an assistant professor in the Quantitative and Mixed
Methods Research Methodologies concentration of Educational Studies at the
University of Cincinnati. Her teaching
focuses on foundations of research methodologies and mixed methods research,
including a two-semester mixed methods sequence and special topics
courses.
As an applied research methodologist, Vicki
also engages in research and evaluation projects on a wide array of topics such
as the management of cancer pain, the identity development of STEM graduate
students, the professional development of teachers of Chinese, and the
effectiveness of school reform initiatives.
Before joining the University of Cincinnati, she was the director of the
Office of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research, a service and research unit
that provides methodological support for proposal development and funded
projects at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Originally trained in physics, she spent 12 years developing innovative
curricular materials for introductory physics as the Physics Laboratory Manager
at the University of Nebraska–Lincol.
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Two - Listening beyond the echoes:
media, ethics and agency in an uncertain world
Author - Couldry, Nick
In this book Nick Couldry, media
and cultural theorist from the London School of Economics, asks what are the
priorities for media and cultural research today - at a time of the intensified
mediation of all fields of social life, threats to democratic legitimacy, and
serious instability on the global political stage. The book calls for a
"decentered" media research that rejects easy assumptions about
media's role in holding societies together and instead looks more critically at
the difference media make on the ground to the material conditions of our
lives.
Nick Couldry is Professor of
Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and
communications at LSE. As a sociologist of media and culture, he approaches
media and communications from the perspective of the symbolic power that has
been historically concentrated in media institutions.
Nick Couldry’s PhD (1995-1998)
explored background assumptions about the status of media institutions through
a study of non-media professionals’ encounters with sites of media power: The
Place of Media Power: Pilgrims and Witnesses of the Media Age (2000). He
developed this into a theory of media rituals which has provided insights into
various media forms, from talk shows to reality TV, and from media events to
celebrity culture: Media Rituals: A Critical Approach (2003).
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Three - Qualitative research in
education. An introduction to theory and methods
Author - Bogdan, Robert C.; Biklen, Sari Knopp
This introductory level text
provides a background for understanding the uses of qualitative research in
education, its theoretical and historical underpinnings, and specific methods
of educational research. This revised edition places qualitative research into
the context of current discussions of research methods and alternative ways of
knowing.
Dr. Sari Knopp Biklen, Laura and
Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence in Cultural Foundations of
Education, was a specialist in popular culture, qualitative research methods,
and youth culture. She directed the Institute on Popular Culture and Education
at Syracuse University.
As a University Scholar for the
American Association of University Women, Biklen researched the culture of
university life for college women investigating how college women talk about
race, and how their consumer practices impact their educational careers. In
1996 she won Syracuse University's Outstanding Teacher Award.
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Four - The dance of qualitative research
design: Metaphor, methodolatry, and meaning.
Author - Janesick, Valerie J.
The Book discuss the essence of
qualitative research design [using the metaphor of dance] / the design serves
as a foundation for the understanding of the participants' worlds and the
meaning of shared experience between the researcher and participants in a given
social context.
Valerie J. Janesick (Ph.D.
Michigan State University) is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa.
She teaches classes in Qualitative Research Methods, Curriculum Theory
and Inquiry, Foundations of Curriculum, Issues in Curriculum, Ethics and
Educational Leadership.
Her writings have been published
in Curriculum Inquiry, Qualitative Inquiry, Anthropology and Education
Quarterly and other major journals. Her
chapters in the Handbook of Qualitative Research 1st edition and 2nd editions
use Dance and the Arts as a metaphor for understanding research. She is
completing oral history interviews of female school superintendents as part of
a larger project on women leaders.
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five – Qualitative Research: A Guide to
Design and Implementation
Author - Sharan B. Merriam
The information age is changing the
dynamics of many relationships, including mentoring. This article defines
traditional mentoring according to its function and effectiveness and then
expands the definition of mentoring to include computer-mediated communication
(CMC), or “e-mentoring.” We propose that e-mentoring holds promise for
redefining mentoring relationships and changing the conditions under which
mentoring is sought and offered.
Sharan B. Merriam holds an Ed.D. in Adult
and Continuing Education from Rutgers University.
Sharan B. Merriam rawing from a long
tradition in anthropology, sociology, and clinical psychology, qualitative
research has, in the last twenty years, achieved sta-tus and visibility in the
social sciences and helping professions.
