scholarly journals Embracing a Culture of STEM Education: A Qualitative Research Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Laux
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Supportive Leadership ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Stem Teaching

The purpose of this study was to explore teacher and administrator perspectives on STEM education and how they demonstrate characteristics of STEM education. The five schools in this study are part of a greater network of elementary, middle, and high schools that collaborate and learn together. Data were collected through interviews with teachers and administrators and observational notes from meetings and other events. Interviews were recorded and transcribed and then coded to look for themes in the data. Findings indicate teachers and administrators view a supportive leadership, teacher buy in, and comfort in teaching STEM as essential to the implementation of STEM initiatives. Without these necessary components, inequities may arise and lead to less opportunities for students. Overcoming obstacles may require a change in mindset to embrace a culture of STEM teaching and learning. Understanding how teachers and administrators view the importance of STEM and benefits of participating in a community of STEM can help understand how to shift the culture of a school to one more inclusive of STEM education.

Problems, Philosophy, and Motivation: Trail Blazing Instructors for the Digital Frontier

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Dirks
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
College Level ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Multiple Case

A qualitative research study was conducted of innovative instructors who use the Internet to deliver college level courses. The study focuses on key concepts expressed by all of the Pioneers as important and develops recommendations for other instructors beginning to use the Internet for instructional purposes. Results are presented on the problems encountered, the Pioneers' philosophies toward teaching and learning, and the Pioneers' motives for moving their courses to the Internet. This research is a multiple case study that used four instructors from a university in the South concerning three courses being taught over the Internet during the Spring term of 1996.

Searching for hope in brain, lung, and pancreatic cancers: A collaborative qualitative research study

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Pearson ◽  
Maureen Rigney ◽  
Anitra Engebretson ◽  
Johanna Villarroel ◽  
Jenette Spezeski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Pancreatic Cancers

Maternal attitudes toward DNA collection for gene-environment studies: A qualitative research study

2009 ◽  
Vol 149A (11) ◽  
pp. 2378-2386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Jenkins ◽  
Erika Reed-Gross ◽  
Sonja A. Rasmussen ◽  
Wanda D. Barfield ◽  
Christine E. Prue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Maternal Attitudes ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Dna Collection

Reflexivity in research: Promoting rigour, reliability and validity in qualitative research

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 560-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesam Darawsheh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Analyse Data

Background The value of qualitative research is increasingly acknowledged in health studies, as well as the demand for employing rigorous strategies. Although the literature recognises that reflexivity is a valuable and rigorous strategy, few studies unravel the practical employment of reflexivity as a strategy for ensuring rigour and quality in qualitative research. Aim To present a practical example of how reflexivity can be employed as a strategy for ensuring rigour by reviewing 13 narratives from the author's reflexive diary on qualitative research. Methods Content analysis and narrative analysis were used to approach and analyse data. Findings Analysis of the posited qualitative research study found five main outcomes of the influence of reflexivity as a strategy to establish criteria of rigour. Conclusions Further research is needed to show how reflexivity can be employed as a strategy in qualitative research to: i) establish criteria of rigour; ii) monitor the researcher's subjectivity in generating credible findings.

scholarly journals Factors contributing to the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Minnie ◽  
Hester Klopper ◽  
Christa Van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
Combination Of Methods ◽  
Organisational Factors

The objective of this study was to explore and describe the factors that influence the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV. This was achieved through a qualitative research study that was exploratory, descriptive and contextual in nature. A sample of 13 pregnant women participated. Data obtained from semi-structured interviews was analysed according to a protocol based on a combination of methods of analysis. The three main themes, namely factors that contribute to the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV, factors that contribute to the decision by pregnant women not to be tested for HIV and organisational factors that influence the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV, were divided into nine subthemes. Conclusions and recommendations to promote counselling to pregnant women being tested for HIV are provided. Opsomming Die doel van die studie was om die faktore wat die besluit van swanger vroue om vir MIV getoets te word, te verken en beskryf. Dit is gedoen deur middel van verkennende, beskrywende, kontekstuele kwalitatiewe navorsing. ’n Steekproef van 13 swanger vroue het deelgeneem. Inligting is verkry deur middel van semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude. Hierdie inligting is ontleed aan die hand van ’n protokol gebaseer op ’n kombinasie van ontledingsmetodes. Die drie hooftemas, naamlik faktore wat bydra tot swanger vroue se besluit om vir MIV getoets te word, faktore wat bydra tot swanger vroue se besluit om nie vir MIV getoets te word nie en organisatoriese faktore wat swanger vroue se besluit beïnvloed om vir MIV getoets te word, is in nege subtemas onderverdeel. Gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings ter bevordering van berading van swanger vroue vir MIV-toetsing, word verskaf.

Quality of Life of Endodontically Treated versus Implant Treated Patients: A University-based Qualitative Research Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 903-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin L. Gatten ◽  
Christine A. Riedy ◽  
Sul Ki Hong ◽  
James D. Johnson ◽  
Nestor Cohenca
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study
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