Qualitative Educational Research in Action: Doing and Reflecting

ISBN-13: 9780415304214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 220 str.

Tom O'Donoghue; Keith Punch

Opis

Qualitative research is a key form of research in education; the findings of such projects frequently play a central role in shaping policy and practice. First time qualitative researchers require clear and practical guidance from the outset. However, given the diversity of both subject matter and methodological approaches encompassed by qualitative reserach, such guidance is not always easily come by.

Spis treści

1. The case for students' accounts of qualitative educational research in action Thomas A. O'Donoghue & Keith E. Punch 2. Grounded theory illuminates interpersonal relationships: an educator's perspective Elizabeth Tuettemann 3. Reflecting on the value and use of the edited topical life history: a research approach Beverley Ward 4. Phenomenology: the quest for meaning Lisa Catherine Ehrich 5. Methodological framings for a policy trajectory study Lesley Vidovich 6. Reflections on a qualitative investigation of critical literacies and the teaching of English Peter Stewart & Marnie O'Niell 7. Meaning and method: using metaphors in qualitative research Helen Wildy 8. A research narrative: confronting the tensions of a methodological struggle Tania Aspland 9. Reflections on a social semiotic approach to discourse analysis in educational research Anne Chapman 10. The route less travelled: reflections on research for the Phd by publication Anthony Potts

O autorze

Tom O' Donoghue is Associate Professor of Education and Deputy Dean of the Faculty at the University of Western Australia's Graduate School of Education.

Keith Punch is Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia.