Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era: Critical Approaches and Selected Methodologies

✍ Scribed by Robert E. White; Karyn Cooper

• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 587
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume describes and discusses some of the intricacies associated with qualitative research in this post-modern era. It is the second of a two-volume set. It strives to define terms, identifies paradigms, methodologies and approaches that are applicable to novice and expert researchers alike. The book pays special attention to the biographies of those individuals who have helped to shape and develop these methodologies or research designs. In addition, consideration is given to historical and political underpinnings that relate to the development of qualitative research methodologies. Each research design is described in detail and the similarities and differences among them are explored. This volume makes use of a contextual approach to research and features interviews with scholars who have assisted in developing such methodologies. Of interest are numerous features such as questions for further study and annotated bibliographies that extend the scope of each of the methodologies described.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
The Structure of the Book
Selected Video Clips
Annotated Bibliographies
References
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Qualitative Research
Introduction
From the Beginning
Qualitative Research: The Missing Years
From Pre-history to the Renaissance
Considerations
Research Paradigms
Contemporary Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era
Postcolonial Research
Eight Moments of Qualitative Research
Summary: From Plato to Aristotle and Back Again
References
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Critical Approaches
Introduction
Approaches to Qualitative Research
Postpositivism in Qualitative Research
Descriptive, Definitional and Deconstructive Approaches
Pragmatism
The Interpretive Approach
The Critical Approach
Approaches, Methods and Methodologies
Critical Theory as Method: Critical Thematic Analysis
Feature Article: A Critical Approach to Research
Summary: Approaches to Qualitative Research
Transformative Potentials of Critical Educational Inquiry
Introduction
Autobiographical Context
Historical Context
Political Context
Postmodern Context
Philosophical Context
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Introduction
The Biographical Context
The Explicate and Implicate Order
The Historical Context
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Ontology and Epistemology
The Hermeneutic Circle
Interpretation of Texts
Feature Article: Experience and Interpretation in Global Times
Summary: The Art of Interpretation
Experience and Interpretation in Global Times: The Case of Special Education
References
Chapter 4: Narrative Inquiry
Introduction
The Biographical Context
Methods for Data Organization
The Historical Context
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Narrative as Genre Versus Narrative as Method
Three Narrative Interview Techniques
Feature Article: A Narrative Approach to Research
Summary: Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative Research
Storying schools: Issues around attempts to create a sense of feel and place in narrative research writing
A Visit
Creating a sense of ‘feel’ and ‘place’
‘Othering’
First Encounters
My Place in all This
Finally
References
Chapter 5: Phenomenological Inquiry
Introduction
Phenomenology
The Biographical Context
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Historical Context
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Feature Article: Phenomenological Inquiry in Education
Summary: Phenomenological Inquiry and Existentialist Thought
Exploring relationships in education: A phenomenological inquiry
Introduction
Research Foundations
Research Method
Participants
Data Collection
Trustworthiness
Findings
Comportment
In the play
Conclusion
References
References
Chapter 6: Ethnographic Inquiry
Introduction
The Biographical Context
The Historical Context
The Myth of the “Lone Ethnographer”
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Feature Article by Clifford Geertz
Summary: On Ethnography as Process and Product
Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
References
Chapter 7: Case Study Research
Introduction
The Biographical Context
The Historical Context
The Teachings of Robert Stake
The Political Context
Types of Case Studies
The Instrumental Case
The Collective or Multiple Case
The Intrinsic Case
The Political Role of Case Study Research
The Postmodern Context
Variations Within Case Studies
The Philosophical Context
Challenges to and Benefits of Case Study Research
Feature Article: A Case in Case Study Methodology
Summary: Case Study as Methodology and Method
A Case in Case Study Methodology
WHY A CASE STUDY?
DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE STUDY
DESIGN DECISIONS
Sampling Business Areas, Divisions, and Sites
SELECTION OF DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES
DATA ANALYSIS
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
DISCUSSION
References
References
Chapter 8: Arts-Based Research
Introduction
The “Meaning” of Art
The Biographical Context
The Historical Context
The Narrative Turn
Non-linguistic Forms and Blurred Genres
Arts-Related Research as Evolving Inquiry
Emergence, Acceptance, Disruption
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Data Sources, Collection and Analysis
Considerations of Arts-Based Research
Arts-Based Research and Aesthetics
Eisner’s Connoisseurship Model
Arts-Based Research as a Pedagogical Tool
Feature Article: Applying Arts-Based Research to Bedouin Women’s Drawings
Summary: Arts-Based Research and Its Variants
Researching Creations: Applying Arts-Based Research to Bedouin Women’s Drawings
Introduction: Why use the arts in research?
Art as a form of inquiry
Issues in arts-based research
Connections between art therapy and arts-based research
Art-based research, art therapy, and culture
The context of the Bedouin women
Using art as a research method: The Bedouin women’s drawings
Summary
References
References
Chapter 9: Grounded Theory
Introduction
The Biographical Context
The Historical Context
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
Variations of Grounded Theory
Critical Realist Grounded Theory
Engaged Theory
Grounded Theory in Other Research Methods
Grounded Theory and Phenomenology
The Philosophical Context
The Research Process
The Research Question
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Coding
Memoing
Sorting and Conceptualizing
Hypothesizing
Writing and Literature Review
Criteria for Judging the Efficacy of the Theory
The Constant Comparative Method
Anomalies and Caveats
Limitations of Grounded Theory
Feature Article: Grounded Theory and Negotiating Breast Cancer
Summary: Grounded Theory from Multiple Perspectives
Negotiating emotional order: a grounded theory of breast cancer survivors
What Sparked This Research
Negotiating Emotional Order: A Grounded Theory of Breast Cancer Survivors
Method
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Trustworthiness
The Theory of Negotiating Emotional Order
Losing Life Order
Assisted Life Order
Transforming
Accepting
Creating Emotional Order
Limitations
Discussion
Implications for Practice
Acknowledgements
Declaration of Conflicting Interests
Funding
References
References
Chapter 10: Action Research
Introduction
The Biographical Context
The Historical Context
Stephen Kemmis and Action Research
The Political Context
Participatory Action Research
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Single-Loop, Double-Loop, and Triple-Loop Learning
Single-Loop Learning
Double-Loop Learning
Triple-Loop Learning
The Action Research Process as an Agent of Change
Action Research in Organizational Development
Feature Article: Action Research in an Urban Elementary School
Summary: Action Research in a Participating Society
Action Research in practice: Critical literacy in an urban grade three classroom
The critical literacy action research project
K What we KNOW (One’s preconceptions)
W What we WANT to learn
L What we have LEARNED
“K” Represents the Research Team’s Current Understanding of Critical Literacy
“W” Represents the Action Research Plan: What the Research Team is Seeking to Know
Overall Expectations – Grade 3 Reading. By the end of Grade 3, students will:
Expectations in Specific Areas. By the end of Grade 3, students will:
“L” Represents Critical Literacy: What the Research Team Learned
Conclusion
References
References
Chapter 11: The Future of Qualitative Research
Introduction
Bricolage
Bricolage Research Methods
Feature Article: Conceptualizing Bricolage
Mixed Methods Research
The Rationale for Mixed Methods
Characteristics of Mixed Methods Inquiry
Strengths and Weaknesses of Mixed Methods
Design Strategies
Procedures and Processes
Fundamental, Generic or Basic Qualitative Research Methodology
Fundamental Qualitative Research Methods
Considerations in Basic Qualitative Research
Rhizomatic Research
The Five Contexts
The Autobiographical Context
The Historical Context
The Political Context
The Postmodern Context
The Philosophical Context
Postcolonial Indigenous Research
Summary: Emerging Qualitative Research Methodologies
Final Thoughts
Describing the Bricolage: Conceptualizing a New Rigor in Qualitative Research
Bricolage in the Cosmos of Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
The Great Implosion: Dealing with the Debris of Disciplinarity
Rigor in the Ruins
Bricolage and the Dialectical View of Disciplinarity
Questioning the Social Construction of Interdisciplinarity
Bricolage as Deep Interdisciplinarity: The Synergy of Multiple Perspectives
Expanding The Boundaries: The Search For New Forms Of Knowledge Production
Life on the Boundaries: Facilitating the Work of the Bricoleur
References
Appendices
Appendix A: Links to Video-Clips by Chapter
Appendix B: Excerpts of Interview Transcripts
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Qualitative Research
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Critical Approaches
Chapter 3: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Chapter 4: Narrative Inquiry
Chapter 5: Phenomenological Inquiry
Chapter 6: Ethnographic Inquiry
Chapter 7: Case Study Research
Chapter 8: Arts Based Research
Chapter 9: Grounded Theory
Chapter 10: Action Research
Chapter 11: The Future of Qualitative Research
Index