Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4833-5174-2
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 887 g

This book helps readers understand what the authors call “criticality” in qualitative research by communicating the foundations and processes of qualitative research with clarity and simplicity while still capturing its complexity. Packed with real-life examples of questions, issues, and situations that stem from the authors’ and their students’ research, the book humanizes the qualitative research endeavour, illustrates the types of scenarios that arise, and emphasizes the importance of actively considering paradigmatic values throughout every stage of the research process. In every chapter, the authors illustrate the qualitative research process as decidedly ideological, political, and subjective using themes of criticality, reflexivity, collaboration, and rigor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ravitch, Sharon M.

Carl, Nicole C. Mittenfelner

Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Qualitative Research: An Opening Orientation
Chapter Overview And Goals
An Overview Of The Processes Of Qualitative Research
Situating Qualitative Research
Defining Qualitative Research
Key Components Of Qualitative Research
Horizontals In Qualitative Research
Approaches To Qualitative Research: An Overview
A Note on the Possibilities Of Qualitative Research
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Two: Using Conceptual Frameworks in Research
Chapter Overview and Goals
Defining and Understanding Conceptual Frameworks and Their Role in Research
Constructing and Developing a Conceptual Framework
Building Your Own Conceptual Framework
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Three: Critical Qualitative Research Design
Chapter Overview and Goals
Research Design in Qualitative Research
Overview of the Qualitative Research Design Process
Conceptualizing Critical Qualitative Research Design
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Four: Design and Reflexivity in Data Collection
Chapter Overview and Goals
Defining Qualitative Data Collection as Iterative
Data Collection and Research Design
Reflexivity and Researcher-Generated Data Sources
Sampling: Site and Participant Selection
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Five: Methods of Data Collection
Chapter Overview and Goals
Interviews
Observation and Fieldnotes
Focus Groups
Documents and Archival Data
A Survey Approach and Questionnaires
Participatory Methods of Data Collection
Revisiting Design
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Six: Validity: Processes, Strategies, and Trustworthiness
Chapter Overview and Goals
Overview of Validity and Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research
Assessing Validity and Trustworthiness
Specific Strategies and Processes for Achieving Validity
Rigor and Validity in Qualitative Research
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Seven: An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis
Chapter Overview and Goals
Defining and Critically Approaching Qualitative Data Analysis
Analysis and Interpretation
Overview of Data Analysis Processes
An Integrative Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Eight: Methods And Processes Of Data Analysis
Chapter Overview And Goals
Data Organization And Management
Immersive Engagement
Writing And Representation
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Nine: Writing And Representing Inquiry: The Research Report
Chapter Overview And Goals
The Craft Of Writing: Outlining, Drafting, And Revising
Writing A Final Report: Building On, Deepening, And Codifying Analysis
Critical Writing Considerations
Concluding Thoughts: The Ethics Of Research Writing
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Ten: Crafting Qualitative Research Proposals
Chapter Overview And Goals
Qualitative Research Proposals
Writing Quality Proposals
Adapting Research Proposals
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Chapter Eleven: Research Ethics And The Relational Quality Of Research
Chapter Overview And Goals
Relational Ethics: Taking A Relational Approach To Research
Deepening The Concept of Research Ethics: Beyond IRB and Informed Consent
Going Beyond “Negotiating Entrée” And “Building Rapport”
Research Boundaries
Informed Consent, With An Emphasis On Informed
Transparency in Goals, Expectations, Processes, and Roles
Confidentiality and Anonymity
The Ethical Dimensions of the “Researcher as Instrument”
Pushing Against the “Expert-Learner Binary”
Ethical Collaboration: “Reciprocal Transformation and Dialectics of Mutual Influence”
Balance Between Design Flexibility and Rigor: Responsive Research as Ethical Stance
Questions for Reflection
Resources for Further Reading
Epilogue: Revisiting Criticality, Reflexivity, Collaboration, and Rigor
Revisiting the Horizontals in Qualitative Research
Closing Thoughts: The Power and Potential of Qualitative Research
Questions for Reflection

Über Autor(innen)

Ravitch, Sharon M.
Sharon M. Ravitch is a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She engages in numerous applied research projects in India, serving as a visiting scholar at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai and working as a co-researcher and key resource expert in policy advocacy, professional development, and community-based participatory research related to corporate social responsibility through TISS’s corporate social responsibility hub. She is involved in the design and implementation of assessment and evaluation of statewide performance through mixed-methods research in the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s major policy initiative, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a countrywide reform initiative aimed to resurrect India’s state public university system. Ravitch is also an expert adviser at the Center for Academic Leadership and Education Management at TISS. The center provides professional development and policy advocacy support to school education leaders across India. Ravitch works in the center’s capacity-building program to collaboratively develop case studies and technology-innovation frameworks for the higher education and K–12 sectors using a participatory approach. She received the prestigious GIAN Scholar Award from the government of India for 2016–2017 and the RUSA Scholar Award for 2017–2018. Ravitch also received a Fulbright Fellowship to engage in research and applied development work in India from 2017 to 2019.

Ravitch has published five books: Applied Research for Sustainable Change: A Guide for Education Leaders (with Nicole Carl, 2019); Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological (2nd ed., with Nicole Carl, 2020); Reason and Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research (2012; 2nd ed., with Matthew Riggan, 2016); School Counseling Principles: Diversity and Multiculturalism (2006); and Matters of Interpretation: Reciprocal Transformation in Therapeutic and Developmental Relationships With Youth (with Michael Nakkula, 1998).

Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner
Nicole Mittenfelner Carl is a postdoctoral fellow in the Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She received her doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Carl teaches courses related to qualitative research methods, practitioner research for educational leaders, and mentoring strategies for veteran teachers coaching first-year teachers.

Carl has been conducting qualitative research for more than a decade, beginning in 2005, when she was awarded a Mellon Fellowship. Since then, she has led and participated in numerous qualitative and mixed-methods research projects. She recently co-authored a text for Harvard Education Press, Applied Research for Sustainable Change: A Guide for Education Leaders, that exemplifies ways for practitioners to use local research as a driver of school change. Carl has also published several articles on students’ experiences with schooling, democratizing schooling, the impacts of educational policies on teachers and leaders, and applied research in peer-reviewed journals.

Carl has worked with school leaders, teachers, and students in various settings (public and independent) to consider ways to use research to drive school improvement. She has also led a multiyear, multisite evaluation of the impact of these projects on the schools and individuals involved. She continues to research ways that practitioners can conduct and use research in their schools, and she supports educators in the implementation of these projects.