Qualitative Research : The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice (Paperback, 2 ed)

Part 1: Considering perspectives

1. Qualitative research

2. A brief history of philosophical perspectives

3. Research choices and lenses

Part 2: Acknowledging a position

4. Philosophical stance

5.? Personal stance, positionality and reflexivity

Part 3: Framing the study

6.??? The ‘who’ or ‘what’ of study

7.??? Research questions

8.??? Literature review

9. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks

Part 4: Choosing a research approach

10. Case study

11.? Pragmatic qualitative research

12.? Grounded theory?

13.? Ethnography

14.? Phenomenology ?

15.? Narrative approaches

16.? Action research

17.? Collaborative approaches

18.? Evaluation

19.? Art-based approaches

Part 5: Collecting data

20.? Time, place and participants

21.? Ethics and ethical approval

22.? Fieldwork

23.? Interviews?

24.? Focus groups

25.? Observation

26.? Documents

Part 6: Working with data and findings

27.? Data handling and coding

28.? Data analysis

29.? Data Interpretation

30.? Quality

Part 7: Writing about the research

31.? Researcher voice

32.? The research report

33. Writing strategies and writing for publication