An introduction to qualitative research : learning in the field /: learning in the field. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Learning in the field
• Further Information: Note: Gretchen B. Rossman & Sharon F. Rallis, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
• Authors: Rossman, Gretchen B; Rallis, Sharon F
• Other Names: Rossman, Gretchen B
• Contents: 1. Qualitative Research as Learning; Doing Qualitative Research: Tales of Three Characters; Defining Qualitative Research; Common Characteristics; Typical Purposes and Overall Approaches; The Characters' Choices; Ways of Using Research; Dispositions and Skills; Overview of the Book; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 2. The Researcher as Learner; What is Learning?; The Reflexivity of Qualitative Research; Paradigms; Perspectives in Practice; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 3. The Researcher as Competent and Ethical; What Does Trustworthiness Matter?; What Makes a Trustworthy Study?; Systematic Practice; Ethical Practice; Our Characters' Dilemmas and Challenges; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 4. Major Qualitative Research Genres; Choosing the Locus of Interest; Ethnographic Genres; Phenomenological Genres; Sociolinguist Genres; Case Studies; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 5. Conceptualizing and Planning the Research; Practical Considerations; What is a Research Proposal?; Conceptual Framework; Design and Methods; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 6. Entering the Field; Preparation; Intended Involvement; Approach and Negotiations; Expectations and Relationships; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 7. Gathering Data in the Field; Decisions About Gathering Data; Systematic Inquiry; Generic In-Depth Interviewing; Specialized In-Depth Interviewing; Special Considerations; Observing People, Actions, and Events; Studying Material Culture; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 8. Issues That Arise in the Field; How Do I Prepare to Gather Data?; How Can I Get Comfortable in the Field?; What are the Data?; How Do I Turn Sights, Sounds, and Objects into Data?; Two Languages: Which Do I Use?; How Can I Change My Research Plan?; What Do I Reflect On?; How Do I Leave the Field and End the Study?; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 9. Our Character's Data; Anthony's Data; Marla's Data; Ruth's Data; Activities for Your Community of Practice; 10. Analyzing and Interpreting Data; Analysis Happens; Generic Analysis; Writing In-Process Analytic Memos; Strategies for Analyzing Interview Data; Strategies for Analyzing Field Notes from Observations; Strategies for Analyzing Material Culture; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading; 11. Our Characters' Analyses; Anthony's Analysis; Ruth's Analysis; Marla's Analysis; Dispositions and Skills; Activities for Your Community of Practice; 12. Presenting the Learnings; Presentation; Voice; An Example; Organizing the Report; Using the Dispositions and Skills to Generate Useful Knowledge; Activities for Your Community of Practice; Further Reading;
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 001.4/2; Qualitative reasoning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506307954; 1506307957
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