scholarly journals Therapeutic play as a qualitative data generation method: A critical reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Havenga
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Therapeutic Play

scholarly journals Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Use Among Undergraduate Students at Chirunga College, Malawi.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
John Kuyokwa ◽  
Symon Ernest Chiziwa ◽  
Nertha Semphere
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Psychoactive Substance ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of use of psychoactive substances among undergraduate students at Chirunga College in Malawi.  The study was guided by Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour. Mixed research methodologies were used, in which both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were employed in data generation and analysis. SPSSv20 and Excel were used in quantitative data analysis and qualitative data was analyzed thematically. The study involved 147 participants and the findings revealed that (34%) of students used psychoactive substances. It recommends that undergraduate students who use psychoactive substances like any other user of these substances, require help. Accordingly, as an institution of higher learning, Chirunga College has to take the necessary steps to address this problem; including introducing counselling and psychotherapy services at the institution

Investigating Young Children’s Conceptualizations of Disability and Race: An Intersectional, Multiplane Critique

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Margaret R. Beneke
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Sociocultural Perspectives

Education researchers have extensively documented young children’s capacity to exhibit “bias” in relation to disability or race. By and large, data generation has focused on children’s awareness and attitudes about disability or race, rather than how interactions and structures construct and reinforce them. Bridging disability critical race theory (DisCrit) and sociocultural perspectives, this essay proposes the need for intersectional, multiplane qualitative data generation in studying young children’s disability and race conceptualizations to account for the ways intersecting, oppressive ideologies are perpetuated in young children’s worlds. In this essay, I briefly describe and critique extant data generation practices, concluding with possibilities for future investigations.

scholarly journals Draw(Me) and Tell: Use of Children’s Drawings as Elicitation Tools to Explore Embodiment in the Very Young

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 160940691881623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Body Shapes

Qualitative research with children as participants is challenging on many levels—ethical, methodological, and relational. When researching the experience of children with particular bodily vulnerabilities, these issues are further amplified. This article describes a data generating tool designed to address these challenges. It was used within the context of an ethnographic study exploring relational societal processes associated with childhood obesity in Malta. This creative child-centric method uses “me” drawings as elicitation foci during informal conversations in the field where the agentic status of the child was prioritized and their role as active collaborators emphasized. Optimizing ethical symmetry was a key concern, as was emphasis on relational ethics and assent. Using the “Draw(Me) and Tell” activity positioned the child in a realistic position of power by giving them control over the data generation process, and helped address ethical issues related to agency, privacy, and sensitivity. It allowed ethical generation of qualitative data based on the children’s reflexive commentary on their own body shapes, with the aim of exploring their embodied habitus, identity, and selfhood.

Program Monitoring and Evaluation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Stuart ◽  
Julio Arboleda-Flórez ◽  
Norman Sartorius
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
Program Delivery ◽  
Program Monitoring ◽  
Academic Literature

Chapter 17 reviews the importance of evaluating anti-stigma programs and suggests that this should be approached with an eye to understanding the key active ingredients of the program as well as identifying things that may not have worked as planned. It addresses how creating a culture of critical reflection is a key to using evaluation findings to improve program delivery. It also argues that a combination of qualitative data and quantitative data is important if a rich understanding of program processes and effects is to be achieved. Finally, it identifies the importance of communicating results widely, in the academic literature and through reports and presentations that are relevant to policy audiences.

Qualitative research: deductive and inductive approaches to data analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theophilus Azungah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the rationale for choosing the qualitative approach to research human resources practices, namely, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, rewards management, employee communication and participation, diversity management and work and life balance using deductive and inductive approaches to analyse data. The paper adopts an emic perspective that favours the study of transfer of human resource management practices from the point of view of employees and host country managers in subsidiaries of western multinational enterprises in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Despite the numerous examples of qualitative methods of data generation, little is known particularly to the novice researcher about how to analyse qualitative data. This paper develops a model to explain in a systematic manner how to methodically analyse qualitative data using both deductive and inductive approaches. Findings The deductive and inductive approaches provide a comprehensive approach in analysing qualitative data. The process involves immersing oneself in the data reading and digesting in order to make sense of the whole set of data and to understand what is going on. Originality/value This paper fills a serious gap in qualitative data analysis which is deemed complex and challenging with limited attention in the methodological literature particularly in a developing country context, Ghana.

The Staff Ride: An Approach to Qualitative Data Generation and Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy S. Becker ◽  
Michael J. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Data Generation

scholarly journals Public Speaking Preparation Stage: Critical Thinking and Organization Skills in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Ian Done Duran Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Preparation Stage ◽  
English Majors ◽  
The Creation

Public Speaking involves the creation and delivery of a formally organized communication process in front of audiences coming from different cultural, political, religious, economic, educational, and social orientations. Public speeches follow the same principle of what content should be included (like in the essay), and in effect, students are encouraged to use certain strategies. In this study, the focus was to examine how critical thinking and the organization of speech writing was implemented in a Public Speaking course in South Korea. Data were collected over 3 semesters with a total of 47 Korean national undergraduate English majors. The following questions provided the base of this study: 1) what role does critical thinking play in the creation and organization of written speeches by Korean university students? and 2) how do students perceive the usefulness of critical thinking in a Korean university public speaking course. Furthermore, this study collected both quantitative and qualitative data; therefore, the participants’ responses are recorded with percentages, and further reasons are provided by students. Data were then triangulated by examining students' actual written speeches with the prescribed rubrics. The findings suggest that engaging students in critical reflection, genre reading, and attention to speech discourse can lead to the overall improvement of both critical thinking and organization of student speeches. From these findings, a pilot public speaking training program matrix is presented to help prepare English majors in South Korea (if they may pursue teaching) or similar contexts for teaching courses related to public speaking.

scholarly journals An investigation into the undergraduate dissertation tutorial as a Personal Development Planning (PDP) process to support learner development

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Raiker
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Action Research Project

The investigation discussed in this paper was motivated by a finding revealed through analysis of the dissertation grades of final year undergraduates on an education honours degree. A third of dissertations received grades equating to third class honours or fails and this was viewed by the Faculty as being unacceptable. As a Fellow of the University’s Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning with a focus on personal development, I was asked by the course leader to identify possible causes and suggest changes. My critical reflection on the dissertation suggested that its creation is predicated upon Personal Development Planning (PDP) processes practised through the mediation of the tutorial. I am investigating the effectiveness of the tutorial to support learner development over a two year period, contributing to an overarching action research project undertaken by the National Action Research Network (NARN). This paper presents the outcomes of the first cycle of my action research, involving the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from students and dissertation supervisors. At this stage it appears that the design of the dissertation meets the needs of some students but not all, particularly the lower third of the sample cohort. Furthermore some students, including a number of thirds and fails, do not perceive tutorial support as essential for the successful completion of their dissertations. Overall, it appears that the tutorial process requires review in order to support the autonomous and/or collaborative learning needed for effective learner development.

scholarly journals Complexing the hydraulic fracturing simulation results when hybrid acid-propant treatment performing and with the simultaneous hydraulic fracture initiation in separated intervals

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
I. G. Fattakhov ◽  
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L. S. Kuleshova ◽  
R. N. Bakhtizin ◽  
V. V. Mukhametshin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fracture Initiation ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Data Preparation ◽  
New Approach

The purpose of the work is to substantiate and formulate the principles of data generation with multiple results of hydraulic fracturing (HF) modeling. Qualitative data for assessment, intercomparison and subsequent statistical analysis are characterized by a single numerical value for each considered hydraulic fracturing parameter. For a number of hydraulic fracturing technologies, uncertainty may arise due to obtaining several values for the parameter under consideration. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of a new approach for evaluating the obtained data series during hydraulic fracturing modeling. A number of data can be obtained both during the formation and modeling of several hydraulic fractures, and for one fracture when calculating in different modules of the simulator. As a result, an integration technique was developed that allows forming a uniform data array regardless of the number of elements in the hydraulic fracturing modeling results. Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; acid-proppant hydraulic fracturing; hydraulic fracturing of layered rocks; hydraulic fracturing modeling; pseudo-three-dimensional fracture model; data preparation; statistical analysis.

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