scholarly journals A Lighthouse in the Sea of Qualitative Textbooks: A Book Review of Kakali Bhattacharya’s Fundamentals of Qualitative Research—A Practical Guide

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Adams
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Doctoral Graduate ◽  
Pedagogical Literature

Kakali Bhattacharya (2017) effortlessly advances the pedagogical literature on qualitative research. As a scholar-practitioner of the field of criminal justice, a recent doctoral graduate, and a qualitative methodologist, reading this book allowed me to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses in conducting qualitative inquiry. This review presents the primary intent of the book, which is to be a supplemental text for an introductory qualitative research methods course. Bhattacharya (2017) offers a succinct and straightforward recipe to improve one’s understanding of qualitative research methods, as well as provides best practices while doing so. This book is the perfect roadmap for the instructor who is asked to facilitate his or her first qualitative research methods course to follow or for a student to supplement their course text.

Working with Paradigmatic Profusion in Teaching Qualitative Inquiry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Roulston
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Disciplinary Difference ◽  
Ways Of Thinking

This article reflects on how teachers of qualitative research methods might facilitate and promote dialogue across paradigmatic and disciplinary difference. Using the musical concept of polyphony, together with phenomenologist Alfred Schutz's ideas on intersubjectivity and transcendence (1962, 1996), the article discusses possible ways of thinking about breakdowns in understanding in classroom encounters across theoretical and paradigmatic difference. Schutz was intensely interested in examining how intersubjectivity is accomplished by members of society and, with Luckmann (Schutz & Luckmann, 1973, 1989), reflected on the boundaries of understanding that people encounter that involve “little,” “medium,” and “great” transcendencies. Using these ideas, the article examines approaches that teachers of qualitative inquiry might use with students to examine paradigmatic and theoretical difference.

scholarly journals Teaching Qualitative Research Methods through Service-Learning

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisanna Machtmes ◽  
Earl Johnson ◽  
Janet Fox ◽  
Mary Burke ◽  
Jeannie Harper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Voluntary Service ◽  
Crisis Hotline

This paper is the result of a voluntary service-learning component in a qualitative research methods course. For this course, the service-learning project was the evaluation of the benefits to volunteers whom work a crisis hotline for a local crisis intervention center. The service-learning course model used in this paper most closely resembles the problem-based service-learning course model where students work as consultants. This paper focuses on the processes involved and the benefits to students in improving their qualitative research skills through the service-learning project.

scholarly journals Grumpy Old Ethnographers: A Review of David Silverman ’s A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Fang
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Stated Goal ◽  
The Subject

Renowned scholar of qualitative research methods David Silverman delivers an indictment of contemporary qualitative research methods. The book is meant to be an introduction (or “pre - textbook”) to the subject of qualitative research and definitely not a “how - to” manual. In evaluating contemporary qualitative research methods, Silverman’s book primarily focuses on ethnography and conversation analysis. Intentionally personal and biased, Silverman’s plainly - stated goal for this book is to “debunk the accepted understandings” of qualitative research and elicit an interest in the arguments within the field of qualitative inquiry , and he succeeds on both accounts.

scholarly journals "Every Word is True": Stories of our Experiences in a Qualitative Research Course

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Richards
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Shared Stories ◽  
Narrative Framework ◽  
E Mail

There is a sparse body of literature about students' and instructors' experiences in graduate qualitative courses. In this study, 11 doctoral students and one instructor employed a narrative framework to uncover our perceived truths about our experiences as we interacted, studied, pondered, and journeyed through a qualitative research methods course. Data were my chronologically ordered notes documenting my thinking and perceptions about my students and me and the doctoral students' chronologically ordered e-mail stories to their peers and to me. The inquiry illuminated the doctoral students' growth as researchers and highlighted the power of shared stories. Our narratives captured our lives, and illuminated our joys, worries, intentions, and beliefs.

scholarly journals Learning Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers and the Lecturer’s Role in a Qualitative Research Methods Course

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liora Nutov
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Motivation For Learning

Instructors involved in teacher education believe that the language and skills required for qualitative research methods (QRM) provide teachers with the expertise needed for lifelong learning. In this research, I explore the learning experiences of pre-service teachers in a QRM course and examine the role of the lecturer in designing these experiences. I chose the design research method (Kali, Levin-Peled, & Dori, 2009; Wang & Hannafin, 2005) and collected data from 71 students over three academic years. Data analysis uncovered three types of student experiences: motivation for learning, mediation of learning, and meaningful learning – all of which are supported by the lecturer.

Dead Reckoning: Unraveling How “Homicide” Cases Travel From Crime Scene to Court Using Qualitative Research Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-306
Author(s):  
Fiona Brookman ◽  
Helen Jones ◽  
Robin Williams ◽  
Jim Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Dead Reckoning ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

Drawing upon data gathered during a 4-year ethnographic study of homicide investigation in Britain, we document the movement of 44 (suspected) homicide cases through the criminal justice process before drawing upon two case studies to unravel in detail how a homicide is determined and how suspects are identified, eliminated, or charged. We suggest that the progress of homicide cases through this process is best understood as the outcome of a set of socially organized scientific, legal, and occupational sensemaking practices, collaboratively deployed by institutionally authorized actors. We conclude that these practices are rendered visible only through detailed qualitative research.

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