scholarly journals Foundations of Education Research: Understanding Theoretical Components – A Book Review

Author(s):  
Crista Banks

The volume of researchers interested in pursuing qualitative methods of research continues to grow. However, the foundational components of qualitative research in education are often confusing and overwhelming for the novice researcher and can often pose challenges for more experienced researchers. Egbert and Sanden (2014) offer an easy to follow format in explaining the foundations and theoretical components of research for all levels of learners.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-93
Author(s):  
Maria da Conceição Alves Ferreira

RESUMO Trata-se de um artigo sobre os pressupostos da multirreferencialidade e das pesquisas em Educação como possibilidades para as pesquisas de abordagem qualitativa em espaços multirreferenciais de aprendizagem que envolvem a Gestão, as tecnologias digitais, a formação de professores e a Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Explicita a origem dos conceitos, os teóricos que sustentam esses princípios, o itinerário que sustenta as análises, que mobiliza os olhares para o campo da Etnopesquisa crítica/formação e as possibilidades, propriedades e critérios que devemos ter para compor um ambiente de rigor que esses estudos apresentam. O objetivo é, portanto, contribuir para o adensamento de reflexões, práticas em pesquisas que se preocupem em entender os movimentos da horizontalidade nos grupos sociais nas mais diversas áreas do conhecimento, em especial, na educação ajudando constituir outros olhares sobre a formação de professores, a pesquisa, a Educação de jovens Adultos, a gestão e as tecnologias digitais em espaços multirreferenciais de aprendizagem.    PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Mulltirreferencialidade; Etnopesquisa crítica/formação; Pesquisas em Educação.   Abstract It is an article about the assumptions of multireferentiality and research in Education as possibilities for qualitative research in multireferential learning spaces that involve Management, digital technologies, teacher training and Youth and Adult Education. It explains the origin of the concepts, the theorists who support these principles, the itinerary that sustains the analyzes, which mobilizes the perspectives for the field of Critical Ethnography / formation and the possibilities, properties and criteria that we must have to compose an environment of rigor that these studies present. The objective is, therefore, to contribute to the consolidation of reflections, research practices that are concerned with understanding horizontal movements in social groups in the most diverse areas of knowledge, especially in education, helping to create other perspectives on teacher education, research, young Adult Education, management and digital technologies in multi-reference learning spaces.   KEYWORDS: Multireferentiality; Ethnopesquisa critique / formation; Research in Education.


Author(s):  
Lyn English

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>In this brief commentary, I first overview the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research in education and also briefly consider mixed methods. I then offer a few suggestions for reporting on particular methodological components and the results of qualitative research. I do not address the reporting on other significant components such as the literature review and theoretical framework, given that these aspects are generic to both qualitative and quantitative research. The points I make are brief and are by no means exhaustive. Nevertheless, it is hoped that they offer some guidance for authors in education who adopt primarily qualitative methods. </span></p></div></div></div>


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Mukhlash Abrar

This purpose of this article was to critically assert the contribution of qualitative research in education. The article offers a theoretical exploration of qualitative (qualitative historical background, features, methods and qualitative strengths and weaknesses) and a structural critical analysis on qualitative studies (study purpose, literature review, study design, method, results and discussion, and conclusion). Two qualitative education research paper were selected and analysed with a view to arguing that qualitative research gives more contributions than others. The results of the analysis indicated that qualitative research positively contributes to education research in many ways, including the possibility of direct interaction in gathering the data, and providing in-depth and critical interpretation of meanings


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