"Stretching" exercises for qualitative researchers. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Valerie J. Janesick, University of South Florida.
• Other Names: Janesick, Valerie J
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1. Qualitative Research and Habits of Mind; Chapter 2. The Observation and Writing Habit; Exercise 2.1: Observing a Still Life Scene; Exercise 2.2: Physical Description of This Setting; Exercise 2.3: Observation in the Home or Workplace; Exercise 2.4: Description of a Familiar Person or a Stranger; Exercise 2.5: Observing at an Art Museum or at a Movie; Exercise 2.6: Observing an Animal at Home, the Zoo, or a Pet shop; Exercise 2.7: Drawing to Become a Better Observer: Drawing Upside Down; Chapter 3. Advancing the Observation and Reflection Habit; Exercise 3.1: Nonparticipant Observation Assignment; Exercise 3.2: Reflecting to Strengthen the Writing Habit; Exercise 3.3: Writing Your Educational Autobiography; Exercise 3.4: Writing a Pedagogical Letter; Chapter 4. The Interviewing and Writing Habit; Exercise 4.1: Interviewing Someone You Know; Exercise 4.2: Interviewing a Stranger; Exercise 4.3: The Oral History Interview; Exercise 4.4: The Focus Group Interview Demonstration Exercise; Exercise 4.5: Presenting Interview Data as a Found Data Poem; Exercise 4.6: The Digital, Virtual Interview and Google Groups; Exercise 4.7: Interviewing Someone Twice; Exercise 4.8: Practicing an Online Interview; Chapter 5. The Creative Habit; Exercise 5.1: Variations on Writing Your Name; Exercise 5.2: The Camera as an Extension of the Eye, the Eye as an Extension of the Soul; Exercise 5.3: Building a Collage: My Role as a Researcher; Exercise 5.4: Constructing a YaYa Box or Making a Quilt Patch; Exercise 5.5: Writing About Your Favorite Vegetable; Exercise 5.6: Your Journey; Exercise 5.7: Reflective Journal Writing Practice in Dialogue Form; Exercise 5.8: Haiku and Any Form of Poetry on the Role of the Researcher; Exercise 5.9: Framed Photograph and Narrative Writing Exercise; Chapter 6. The Analysis and Writing Habit: Making Sense of the Data, Ethics, and Other Issues; Exercise 6.1: Design and Create a Cover for the Researcher Reflective Journal; Appendixes; A. Sample Letter to Participants; B. Examples of Researcher Reflective Journals; C. Sample Interview Protocols From a Completed Study; D. Qualitative Research Methods: Sample Syllabus; E. Sample Projects From Various Classes; F. Sample Consent Form Recently Accepted by the Institutional Review Board; G. Conducting Qualitative Interviews: Rules of Thumb; H. Sample Sets of Themes and Categories From a Completed Study; I. Electronic Resources; J. Qualitative Dissertation Costs; K. Sample Member Check Form; L. Samples of Interview Transcripts (Edited); M. The Analytical Process of Coding; Bibliography; Index;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 300.721; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Observation (Scientific method); Qualitative reasoning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452238678; 1452238677
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