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Five Vignettes: Stories Of Teacher Advocacy And Parental Involvement, Adrienne C. Goss
Five Vignettes: Stories Of Teacher Advocacy And Parental Involvement, Adrienne C. Goss
The Qualitative Report
Qualitative research can, and sometimes should, utilize fictional representations, particularly when attempting to connect to and collaborate with communities outside of the academy. This work utilizes an arts - informed methodology of representation to communicate the importance and potential consequences of teacher advocacy and parental involvement. Specifically, I use fiction as a mode of representing the interview data that my research participant and I generated. After analyzing the data using grounded theory methods, I chose to represent the data with five vignettes. Vignette 1 introduces the reader to Ms. Abeni, a public school teacher who is passionate about educating every …
Found Poems, Member Checking And Crises Of Representation, Rosemary C. Reilly
Found Poems, Member Checking And Crises Of Representation, Rosemary C. Reilly
The Qualitative Report
In order to establish veracity , qualitative researchers frequently rely on member checks to insure credibility by giving participants opportunities to correct errors, challenge interpretations and assess results; however, member checks are not without drawbacks. This paper describes an innovative approach to conducting member checks. Six members of a learning organization participated in two group interviews to examine the use of poetry as a method to promote individual and organizational learning. Several weeks later, participants received a copy of their transcripts and were asked to create a “found poem” to reflect their thoughts and feelings about using poetry as a …