This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative
research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about
it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design,
data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging
trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have
successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally distinctive, the
book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft. The array of
choices among different procedures and methods enables readers to
customize their own studies and to accommodate different worldviews
and genres. New to This Edition: *Stronger discussion of different
worldviews (e.g., constructivism, postpositivism, and pragmatism) and
how they relate to different methodological choices. *Clearer emphasis
on doing a generalized qualitative study, while acknowledging 12
specialized genres (e.g., action-based research, arts-based research,
autoethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, and others).
*Expanded discussions of different kinds of qualitative study samples
and of mixed methods. *New ideas on how to avoid getting stalled when
analyzing qualitative data. *Consideration of an additional way of
concluding a qualitative study: by taking action. Pedagogical Features
*Chapters start with an abstract and end with a suggested exercise.
*Key terms and concepts appear in boldface throughout the text and are
listed in end-of-chapter recaps as well as in the book’s glossary.
*Sections within each chapter start with a preview box: “What you
should learn from this section." *An appendix presents a semester- or
yearlong field-based project.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781462521357
Publisert
2015
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
The Guilford Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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