Qualitative Research in Practice: Examples for Discussion and Analysis (Paperback, 2)

Preface

About the Editors

Part One: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry

1. Introduction to Qualitative Research
Sharan B. Merriam

Interpretive

Phenomenology

Ethnography

Grounded Theory

Narrative Inquiry

Arts-Based Research

Qualitative Action Research

2. Assessing and Evaluating Qualitative Research
Sharan B. Merriam

Part Two: Examples of Qualitative Research for Discussion and Analysis

Basic Interpretive Qualitative Research

3. Roles Traditional Healers Play in Cancer Treatment in Malaysia: Implications for Health Promotion and Education

How Context Shapes the Design and Implementation of a Qualitative Study
Sharan B. Merriam

4. The Influence of Mentorship and Role Models on University Women Leaders’ Career Paths to University Presidency

Mutual Reflections on Conceptual Frameworks in Qualitative Research
Lilian H. Hill, Celeste A. Wheat

Phenomenology

5. Hiking Leisure: Generating a Different Existence Within Everyday Life

Hiking the Phenomenological Psychological Method
Rob Bongaardt, Børge Baklien, Idun Røseth

6. Being In-Between: The Lived Experience of Becoming a Prosthesis User Following the Loss of a Leg

Caught Up Between Ethics and Methodology: Reflections Addressing the Unintended Presence of a Participant’s Partner During a Phenomenological Interview
Annelise Norlyk

Ethnography

7. Boxing Culture and Serious Leisure among North-American Youth: An Embodied

Ethnography

Embodied Ethnography as a Research Approach: Further Reflections and Insights on Boxing as Serious Leisure
Nuno F. Ribeiro

8. A Sojourn Experience in the Land of Fire and Ice: Examining Cultural Competence and Employee Well-being Through an Autoethnographic Exploration

Managing the Burden and Blessing of Autoethnography
Robin S. Grenier

Grounded Theory

9. A Grounded Theory of Professional Learning in an Authentic Online Professional Development Program

Navigating the Sea of Data with Grounded Theory
Hanna Teräs

10. Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use of Open Educational Practices in Higher Education

Why Constructivist Grounded Theory? … and the Importance of Researcher Reflexivity
Catherine Cronin

Narrative Inquiry

11. Chandra's Story: An Adult Education Student Journeys from Fear to Gratitude

Narrative Inquiry: Good Things Take Time
Robin L. Danzak

12. Youths’ and Adults’ Stories Related to the Background for ADHD Assessment

Reflections on a Narrative Approach to Autobiographical Stories
Bjørg Mari Hannås

Arts-Based Research

13. Drama, Performance Ethnography, and Self-Esteem: Listening to Youngsters With Dyslexia and Their Parents

When Participants Become Researchers
Ruth Falzon, Dione Mifsud

14. Voices from the Field: Preparing Teachers for High Need Schools

Dramatizing Data, Creating Art, and Finding Community: Ethnodrama/Arts-based Research
Tabitha Dell'Angelo

Qualitative Action Research

15. Action Research by Practitioners: A Case Study of a High School’s Attempt to Create Transformational Change

Reflecting on Taking Action: Three Suggestions
Jeffrey Glanz

16. Collective Voices: Engagement of Hartford Community Residents through Participatory Action Research

Trust the Process: Reflections on Participatory Action Research
Karen Brown McLean, Kenneth Williamson

Mixed Methods

17. College Students and Yik Yak: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

The Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Methodologies
Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon

18. ‘Talk to Me’: a Mixed Methods Study on Preferred Physician Behaviours During End-Of-Life Communication from the Patient Perspective

The Sum is Greater than its Parts: Using Mixed Methods to Answer a Complex Health Care Question
Amane Abdul-Razzak