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Lived Experiences Of Diversity Visa Lottery Immigrants In The United States, Tekleab Elos Hailu, Bernadette M. Mendoza, Maria K.E. Lahman, Veronica M. Richard
Lived Experiences Of Diversity Visa Lottery Immigrants In The United States, Tekleab Elos Hailu, Bernadette M. Mendoza, Maria K.E. Lahman, Veronica M. Richard
The Qualitative Report
Every year approximately 50,000 people immigrate to the United States through the avenue referred to as the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery. In this article, the authors present a literature review of immigration to the U.S. through the DV Lottery, reflect on their own immigration histories, and utilize phenomenology to investigate and describe participant feelings, expectations, and experiences as DV Lottery immigrants. Participants experienced mixed feelings, including high expectations prior to and difficulties after immigrating to the U.S. Findings presented include (a) life experienced in the U.S.; (b) access to learning and training opportunities; and (c) recommended support future DV Lottery …
Factors Causing Demotivation In Efl Teaching Process: A Case Study, Selami Aydin
Factors Causing Demotivation In Efl Teaching Process: A Case Study, Selami Aydin
The Qualitative Report
Studies have mainly focused on strategies to motivate teachers or the student-teacher motivation relationships rather than teacher demotivation in the English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching process, whereas no data have been found on the factors that cause teacher demotivation in the Turkish EFL teaching contexts at the elementary education level. Thus, this study aims to investigate the demotivating factors in EFL teaching at the elementary level. The study was designed as a qualitative case study, and involved face-to-face conversations, MSN talks and a diary maintained by the subject for data collection. The results showed that the problems were …
The Influence Of Informal Music Education In Teacher Formation: An Autoethnography, Rohan Nethsinghe
The Influence Of Informal Music Education In Teacher Formation: An Autoethnography, Rohan Nethsinghe
The Qualitative Report
In this paper I explore how my musical background, teaching skills, understanding and knowledge as well as music-making abilities and skills, have formed my current self as musician, teacher and researcher. An autoethnographical method is used to investigate my background, including the different modes of music education I received. From this qualitative study, it was possible to find that my interests along with the methods of interpretations I practice in the field of multicultural music are influenced by and formulated through my appreciation and understandings of and beliefs gained from education. Most importantly, they are shaped by the social context, …
Contextualizing Theories And Practices Of Bricolage Research, Matt Rogers
Contextualizing Theories And Practices Of Bricolage Research, Matt Rogers
The Qualitative Report
Within the last decade, bricolage, as an approach to qualitative inquiry, has gained popularity in academic circles. However, while conceptual and concrete precedents exist, the approach has remained relatively misunderstood, and unpopular, in broader research communities. This may be because the complexity of the approach has stymied widespread discussions and commentary. This article means to address this concern by providing a thick, yet accessible, introduction to bricolage as an approach to qualitative inquiry. While researchers and scholars have conceptualized bricolage, few have attempted to provide an overview of how the concept emerged in relation to qualitative research. Further, while the …
The Relationship Of Researcher And Participant In Qualitative Inquiry: From “Self And Other” Binaries To The Poststructural Feminist Perspective Of Subjectivity, Kinga Varga-Dobai
The Relationship Of Researcher And Participant In Qualitative Inquiry: From “Self And Other” Binaries To The Poststructural Feminist Perspective Of Subjectivity, Kinga Varga-Dobai
The Qualitative Report
Whether approached from a positivist perspective or a more comprehensive postpositivist theoretical and philosophical grounding, the relationship between researcher and participant entails the strong binary opposition of the I-Thou (Buber, 1971) or Self and Other (Bhabha, 2004) within which I or Self is associated with the researcher and Thou or Other represents the research subject. The goal of this paper is to offer an overview of the various theoretical and ethodological approaches to the researcher-participant relationship in qualitative research. The author will first explore how traditional qualitative and emancipatory feminist research have addressed this issue, then she will investigate how …
Can The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation (Oic) Resolve Conflicts?, Ibrahim Sharqieh
Can The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation (Oic) Resolve Conflicts?, Ibrahim Sharqieh
Peace and Conflict Studies
This article examines the potential of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to contribute to mediation of conflicts in the Muslim world. Based on interviews with OIC senior officials and government officials from Iraq and the Philippines, as well as research involving other primary and secondary sources, the author analyzes four cases in which the OIC participated in mediation efforts: the Philippines, Thailand, Iraq, and Somalia. The article concludes with an assessment of the advantages and challenges of including the OIC in such mediation efforts, as well as recommendations related to capacity-building and inter-organizational partnerships that might enhance the potential …
Conversation With An Interpreter: Considerations For Cross-Language, Cross-Cultural Peacebuilding Research, Maureen P. Flaherty, Sonya Starkova
Conversation With An Interpreter: Considerations For Cross-Language, Cross-Cultural Peacebuilding Research, Maureen P. Flaherty, Sonya Starkova
Peace and Conflict Studies
The ongoing processes of peacebuilding involve dialogue (Lederach 1997) and co-discovery (Freire 1970), which can sometimes be facilitated through academy-initiated research. Qualitative research provides opportunities to move from a positivist approach to a more equal, participatory, interactive exploration that benefits all participants, including the researcher in a “co-production of knowledge” (Karnieli-Miller, Strier, and Pessach 2009 p. 279). Cross-cultural, cross-language research (where researchers and participants do not share the same language), with all its riches, brings particular challenges for all involved. Beyond the issues of power and perceived power in any kind of research (Sprague 2005), in cross-cultural and cross-language research, …
Handling Interpretation And Representation In Multilingual Research: A Meta-Study Of Pragmatic Issues Resulting From The Use Of Multiple Languages In A Qualitative Information Systems Research Work, Ilse Baumgartner
The Qualitative Report
Although the number of multilingual qualitative research studies appears to be growing, investigations concerned with methodological issues arising from the use of several languages within a single research are still very scarce. Most of these seem to deal exclusively with issues related to the use of interpreters and translators in qualitative research (e.g., Temple & Edwards, 2002; Temple, Edwards & Alexander, 2006; Edwards, 1998; Temple & Young 2004). Methodological investigations going beyond pure translation dilemmas in qualitative research are, however, almost non-existent. The reason for this seems to be simple: the situation where the researcher possesses mother-tongue fluency in all …
Methodological Precision In Qualitative Research: Slavish Adherence Or “Following The Yellow Brick Road?”, John R. Cutcliffe, Henry G. Harder
Methodological Precision In Qualitative Research: Slavish Adherence Or “Following The Yellow Brick Road?”, John R. Cutcliffe, Henry G. Harder
The Qualitative Report
Qualitative research has withstood many challenges on its way to becoming a credible research paradigm, though it remains the case that the paradigm contains ongoing methodological debates. One such debate is, for want of a better expression, the necessity for methodological precision (fundamentalism or purity). While it is accurate that research methodologies are somewhat fluid in that they are refined over time, it is equally correct that some researchers fall into a trap in claiming such fluidity is the reason for their imprecise use of a research methodology. Given that scientific knowledge is inextricably linked to the practice of method …
Communications Connection - Fall 2012, Nova Southeastern University
Communications Connection - Fall 2012, Nova Southeastern University
Communications Connection
No abstract provided.
Nahuatl As A Classical, Foreign, And Additional Language: A Phenomenological Study, Dustin De Felice
Nahuatl As A Classical, Foreign, And Additional Language: A Phenomenological Study, Dustin De Felice
The Qualitative Report
In this study, participants learning an endangered language variety shared their experiences, thoughts, and feelings about the often complex and diverse language-learning process. I used phenomenological interviews in order to learn more about these English or Spanish language speakers’ journey with the Nahuatl language. From first encounter to their current state in their journey, participants described their challenges with gaining access to the language through courses, materials and institutions, their language observations and their sustaining motivations. In addition to those descriptions, my analysis showed many participants shared two underlying motivations for studying this language: (a) using the Nahuatl language for …
Whose Story Is It? An Autoethnography Concerning Narrative Identity, Alec J. Grant, Laetitia Zeeman
Whose Story Is It? An Autoethnography Concerning Narrative Identity, Alec J. Grant, Laetitia Zeeman
The Qualitative Report
This paper is divided into three parts, each separated by centrally spaced asterisks. The first part, co-written on the basis of the standpoint interests of both authors, outlines the historical, philosophical, theoretical and methodological contexts for the use of autoethnographic short stories in the social and human sciences. The functions and representational practices of this genre are reviewed and discussed, and the main criticisms leveled by its detractors responded to. This sets the scene for the second part of the paper, an autoethnographic short story. Effectively a story of stories, it was constructed directly from the first author’s memories of …
Exploring The Links Between Qualitative Inquiry And Global Crises: Some Answers And More Questions, Izhar Oplatka
Exploring The Links Between Qualitative Inquiry And Global Crises: Some Answers And More Questions, Izhar Oplatka
The Qualitative Report
Reading an edited book such as Denzin and Giardina’s 2011 Qualitative Inquiry and Global Crisis that comprises different chapters and authorship patterns may be challenging and evocative, let alone a book that focus on qualitative inquiry in an era of globalization, racism, privatization, and social injustice. To make the journey of reviewing this new book enjoyable, I posed a meaningful guiding question to me: what could a book that links between qualitative inquiry and global crisis contribute to our theoretical and practical knowledge about the qualitative paradigm? The answer is not yes or no but rather manifold; some papers shed …
Finding A Way Out Of The Ethnographic Paradigm Jungle, Subhadip Roy, Pratyush Banerjee
Finding A Way Out Of The Ethnographic Paradigm Jungle, Subhadip Roy, Pratyush Banerjee
The Qualitative Report
In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop a hybrid ethnographic paradigm, taking the best points from the different approaches of ethnographic research. The pioneering proponents of ethnography differed in their conceptualization of the method, resulting in the development of three distinct schools of thought-holistic, semiotic and behavioristic. These three ethnographic paradigms have their respective benefits and shortcomings. Following any one of these approaches may lead to only partial comprehension of the phenomenon by the ethnographer. This study wished to address this issue by developing a best practice approach, which will have the virtues of all the three …
Interviewing The Interpretive Researcher: An Impressionist Tale, Rebecca K. Frels, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
Interviewing The Interpretive Researcher: An Impressionist Tale, Rebecca K. Frels, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
The Qualitative Report
In this manuscript, we describe the use of debriefing interviews for interviewing the interpretive researcher. Further, we demonstrate the value of using debriefing questions as part of a qualitative research study, specifically, one doctoral student’s dissertation study. We describe the reflexivity process of the student in her study and the debriefing data that were coded via qualitative coding techniques. Thus, we provide an exemplar of the debriefing process and the findings that emerged as a result. We believe that our exemplar of interviewing the interpretive researcher provides evidence of an effective strategy for addressing the crises of representation and legitimation …
“I Am Not The Same After My Erasmus”: A Qualitative Research, Selami Aydin
“I Am Not The Same After My Erasmus”: A Qualitative Research, Selami Aydin
The Qualitative Report
No data has been found about the influences of the ERASMUS program on Turkish pre-service teachers of English who participated in the ERASMUS Mobility Program. Thus, in this study the researcher aims to evaluate the ERASMUS Mobility Program regarding its contributions to the progress of Turkish pre-service teachers of English and the problems they encountered during the process. The sample group of the study consisted of 23 pre-service teachers and a background questionnaire, interviews, group discussions and essay papers were used for data collection. The results indicated that the ERASMUS process has some significant benefits to language skills and professional …
Com Outlook Summer 2012, College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Com Outlook Summer 2012, College Of Osteopathic Medicine
COM Outlook
No abstract provided.
Inside The Black Box: Revealing The Process In Applying A Grounded Theory Analysis, Peter Rich
Inside The Black Box: Revealing The Process In Applying A Grounded Theory Analysis, Peter Rich
The Qualitative Report
Qualitative research methods have long set an example of rich description, in which data and researchers’ hermeneutics work together to inform readers of findings in specific contexts. Among published works, insight into the analytical process is most often represented in the form of methodological propositions or research results. This paper presents a third type of qualitative report, one in which the researcher’s process of coding, finding themes, and arriving at findings is the focus. Grounded theory analysis methods were applied to the interpretation of a single interview. The resulting document provides a narrative of the process one researcher followed when …
Teacher Educators As Role Models: A Qualitative Examination Of Student Teachers’ And Teacher Educators’ Views Towards Their Roles, Mahsa Izadinia
Teacher Educators As Role Models: A Qualitative Examination Of Student Teachers’ And Teacher Educators’ Views Towards Their Roles, Mahsa Izadinia
The Qualitative Report
Teacher Education is considered to be the first and perhaps the most important stage in the professional development of student teachers (Wideen, Mayer-Smith, & Moon, 1998) as teacher educators who work with student teachers during these programs exert significant influence on who students are and will become (Caires, 2007; Chalies, Ria, Bertone, Trohel, & Durand, 2005). This article highlights the impact of language teacher educators’ ideas and beliefs with regard to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and their teaching practices on their student teachers’ beliefs and perceptions about their role as language teachers. 20 Iranian language student teachers …
Examining The Potential Of Combining The Methods Of Grounded Theory And Narrative Inquiry: A Comparative Analysis, Shalini Lal, Melinda Suto, Michael Ungar
Examining The Potential Of Combining The Methods Of Grounded Theory And Narrative Inquiry: A Comparative Analysis, Shalini Lal, Melinda Suto, Michael Ungar
The Qualitative Report
Increasingly, qualitative researchers are combining methods, processes, and principles from two or more methodologies over the course of a research study. Critics charge that researchers adopting combined approaches place too little attention on the historical, epistemological, and theoretical aspects of the research design. Rather than discounting eclecticism in qualitative research, we prefer to place it on a continuum of integration whereby at the ideal end of the spectrum, the researcher demonstrates thorough knowledge of the approaches being drawn from and a thoughtful consideration of the rationale for combining methods. However, there is limited reflection in the literature on the combination …
The Individually Focused Interview: Methodological Quality Without Transcription Of Audio Recordings, Aksel Skovgaard Clausen
The Individually Focused Interview: Methodological Quality Without Transcription Of Audio Recordings, Aksel Skovgaard Clausen
The Qualitative Report
In this paper, I argue—with an example—that under certain conditions replacement of audio transcriptions with a combination of simultaneously taken and jointly produced notes can be done without affecting reliability, validity, and transparency. These conditions are: (1) professional or otherwise relatively “strong” interviewees (interview persons: IPs) with diverse backgrounds; (2) thorough planning of the interview with well-focused themes; and (3) a thorough and repeated introduction to the interview. The omission of audio transcriptions is an obvious solution to the researcher who wants a breadth of range of statements stemming from the use of many more interviewees than is often possible. …
The Power Of Language, Shanti Bruce
The Power Of Language, Shanti Bruce
Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship
This is a transcript of the 2011 Undergraduate Convocation ceremony speech given by Shanti Bruce, recipient of the 2011 Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Full-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, to welcome students and introduce the college theme.
Dreaming (In) The Republic: Reassessing Enrique Labrador Ruíz’S Trailer De Sueños, Yvette Fuentes
Dreaming (In) The Republic: Reassessing Enrique Labrador Ruíz’S Trailer De Sueños, Yvette Fuentes
Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Building Connections: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of Qualitative Research Students’ Learning Experiences, Robin Cooper, Anne Fleisher, Fatima A. Cotton
Building Connections: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of Qualitative Research Students’ Learning Experiences, Robin Cooper, Anne Fleisher, Fatima A. Cotton
The Qualitative Report
This paper describes a phenomenological study in which the authors explored students’ experiences learning qualitative research in a variety of academic fields. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six participants from various academic fields who had completed at least one post-secondary-school-level qualitative research course and who were not students of the researchers. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), the researchers identified five primary themes representing the lived experience and meaning found in the participants’ experience of learning qualitative research: (a) a variety of feelings are experienced, (b) a pivotal experience serves as a catalyst in the learning process, (c) the central …
A Case Of Mistaken Identity In The Pathogenesis Of Type 1 Diabetes, Lynette Miller
A Case Of Mistaken Identity In The Pathogenesis Of Type 1 Diabetes, Lynette Miller
Undergraduate Student Symposium
This paper will review what happens physiologically when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas, resulting in the onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. The immune system is designed to fight infection and viruses, but in the case of diabetes, it responds inappropriately by targeting normal body cells and tissues. The hormone insulin is produced by specialized islet cells in the pancreas and is essential for glucose metabolism. When the body does not produce insulin, it cannot control blood glucose levels and therefore, patients must rely on subcutaneous insulin injections or continuous infusion with …
A Holy Twist, Haydeli Ko
A Holy Twist, Haydeli Ko
Undergraduate Student Symposium
“A Holy Twist” is a short film about a soon-to-be-priest named Paul who has a day to himself before officially completing his seminaries, so he decides to visit his parents. Paul reunites with some old friends and takes a leap of faith into a night that he will never forget – though he also won’t remember all of it. This film is directed by Haydeli Ko.
A Journey Brought To You In Part By: Improvisation, Amy Peters
A Journey Brought To You In Part By: Improvisation, Amy Peters
Undergraduate Student Symposium
The purpose of the research that I have conducted was to further my own understanding of dance improvisation. I used my own personal journals as well as other noted sources to explain what I discovered through my journey. I expressed my thoughts and feelings of my journey and how they related to the discoveries that I made. My discoveries include the importance of breaking bodily as well as mental habits, find new ground, becoming aware of one’s self, his/her environment, and other people; and defining organized vs. unorganized improvisation. All of these discoveries are discussed in detail and pertain to …
Adhesion Of Albumin To Fda Type Ii Soft Contact Lenses, Youstina Harkas, Maryam Harkas, Danielle Cooper, Jessica Nichols
Adhesion Of Albumin To Fda Type Ii Soft Contact Lenses, Youstina Harkas, Maryam Harkas, Danielle Cooper, Jessica Nichols
Undergraduate Student Symposium
Human tears have over 60 different proteins that deposit on contact lenses. Protein deposits on contact lenses can cause conjunctival irritation and bacterial infection. The adhesion of albumin to omafilcon and hilafilcon soft contact lenses was examined. Lenses were incubated for 1 - 4 days in a 2.0 mg/dl albumin solution. The protein concentration in the incubation vials and protein deposition on the lenses was determined each day by bicinchoninic acid assay. Albumin deposited on the omafilcon lenses in a steadily increasing fashion, while the albumin concentration in the incubation solution decreased. Albumin deposited on the hilafilcon lenses in a …
Antibacterial Properties Of Meso-Substituted Cationic And Anionic Porphyrins, Mohamad Elchurafa
Antibacterial Properties Of Meso-Substituted Cationic And Anionic Porphyrins, Mohamad Elchurafa
Undergraduate Student Symposium
In the conducted research work we tested various synthetic meso-substituted cationic and anionic porphyrin’s antibacterial properties on gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains. Previous in vitro studies suggest that meso-substituted cationic porphyrins demonstrate effective antibacterial properties on gram negative strains; in contrast, anionic meso-substitued porphyrins prove to be efficient antibacterial agents with gram positive strains. Evidence suggests that the porphyrin’s charge predisposes its reactivity on the bacteria’s cell membrane, thus immobilizes reproduction at the site of administration. An antibiogram test was coordinated by way of diffusimetric method. Filter paper disks were impregnated with a specific metallated porphyrin and dispensed …
Attitudes Towards Business Ethics: A Study Of Austrian Student Views, Dominique Wimmer
Attitudes Towards Business Ethics: A Study Of Austrian Student Views, Dominique Wimmer
Undergraduate Student Symposium
The Attitudes Towards Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) has been used extensively to measure respondent views towards ethical business philosophies and situations. This study reports the ATBEQ survey results for a sample of 171 Austrian students. Results indicate that Austrian students believe that while morality is important in the business environment, the business world operates under its own set of rules. This thinking fits with an ethical business philosophy leading towards Machiavellianism. In addition, Austrian respondents reported support for an unethical decision, which unfairly favors the individual financially at the expense of an insurance company. These and other results are discussed …