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Pictures From An Exhibition ... Of Online Learning: A Creative Representation Of Qualitative Data, Michael Barbour, Jason Paul Siko, Kaye Simuel-Everage
Pictures From An Exhibition ... Of Online Learning: A Creative Representation Of Qualitative Data, Michael Barbour, Jason Paul Siko, Kaye Simuel-Everage
The Qualitative Report
K - 12 online learning at the K - 12 level has been around for approximately two decades and is continuing to grow. While researchers have researched a variety of issues related to K - 12 online learning, there has been little published on the student experience in web - based learning environments. In this article, two doctoral students were tasked with analyzing existing data, then representing and situating their findings in a format other than the traditional “results” and “discussion” sections found in a typical six - section journal manuscript. One student created an image that focused upon the …
Exploring The Use Of Mobile Technology In Qualitative Inquiry In Africa, Ane Turner Johnson
Exploring The Use Of Mobile Technology In Qualitative Inquiry In Africa, Ane Turner Johnson
The Qualitative Report
In this article I explore how mobile phones may facilitate greater access to participants and higher participation rates in qualitative inquiry in Africa. Qualitative researchers face a number of ethical and procedural challenges when collecting data in the field. But with the explosion of mobile phone usage, many of these obstacles to data collection may be ameliorated, facilitating greater access to participants, to data, and to important findings. I use the example of a research study on the connection between development and higher education at two public universities in Kenya to illustrate how mobile phones played an unexpected role in …
Becoming A Novice Smoker: Initial Smoking Behaviours Among Jor Danian Psychiatric Nurses, Khaldoun Aldiabat, Michael Clinton
Becoming A Novice Smoker: Initial Smoking Behaviours Among Jor Danian Psychiatric Nurses, Khaldoun Aldiabat, Michael Clinton
The Qualitative Report
A better understanding of how male Jordanian psychiatric nurses become smokers and continue the habit mainly at work is necessary if smoking reduction and cessation programs are to help them better manage their smoking behaviours. Here we use a grounded theory approach to describe the factors that influenced the eight nurses in our sample to take up smoking. We use five categories derived from open coding to explain the initial stage in the smoking histories of the nurses. We situate our account of " becoming a novice smoker" within the contextualizing smoking behaviours over time theory we developed from our …
Experiencing The New Orleans Sniping Forty Years Later: A Review Of The Phenomenological Case Study Of Constituting The Other, Natasha Dominguez
Experiencing The New Orleans Sniping Forty Years Later: A Review Of The Phenomenological Case Study Of Constituting The Other, Natasha Dominguez
The Qualitative Report
In this book review I explore the published work of Frances Chaput Waksler entitled The New Orleans Sniper: A Phenomenological Case Study of Constituting the Other. The author examines how the second New Orleans sniper was constituted and then later unconstituted, while following the recommendations of Edmund Husserl’s on exploring the how, in a known situation, the Other was constituted; how people constitute an Other in a particular situation with the use of “their general procedures and resources,” where the existence of the Other is problematic (Waksler, 2012).
Transpersonal Approaches To Autoethnographic Research And Writing, Diana Raab
Transpersonal Approaches To Autoethnographic Research And Writing, Diana Raab
The Qualitative Report
My life as nonfiction writer has led to my interest in doing an autoethnographical study and this paper will discuss how autoethnography can be performed using transpersonal psychology as a model. Autoethnography is a personal narrative akin to biography and memoir, and has become a more prevalent research method because of its accessibility an d the ease with which the reader can connect with the researcher ’ s and participant's lived experiences and/or epiphanies. The best narratives consist of embodied, vulnerable, and evocative writing, which help to explore, transform, and heal through various life journeys. This self - awareness and …
Action Oriented Research In Education, Lisa Kaufman
Action Oriented Research In Education, Lisa Kaufman
The Qualitative Report
If you are looking for a simple, straight forward book for conducting an action oriented research in an educational setting than Craig's 2009 Action Research Essentials is for you. This book provides the “essentials” for this type of research . She provide s clear and concise information assisting students that may be using this approach for the first time. Good examples are given for the novice of action oriented research. The author presents the information in an orderly fashion. In this review, I will give my initial appraisal and content analysis regarding the intended audience, objectivity of the author and …
Qualitative Music, Laura E. Beer
Qualitative Music, Laura E. Beer
The Qualitative Report
Qualitative research has provided a home for innovative approaches to collecting, analyzing, and representing data (Hesse - Biber & Leavy, 2006; Janesick, 2011; Ketelle, 2010). Reflexive journaling, photography and photo elicitation, poetry, video representations, dramatic enactments, visual presentations, and play - writing are but a few of the creative techniques embraced by qualitative researchers in search of ways to help their audiences move beyond reading and into experiencing the data (Collier, 2001; Deacon, 2006). These formats have opened doors to re - inventions of traditional thick, rich descriptions and provided living, intentional metaphors through which a reader can filter data …
My How Things Have Changed! Strategic Organization Development And The Transformation Of Human Resource Management, Ilene Crysler Bosscher
My How Things Have Changed! Strategic Organization Development And The Transformation Of Human Resource Management, Ilene Crysler Bosscher
The Qualitative Report
The purpose of this book Strategic Organization Development is to report a metasynthesis research study focusing on a human resources management approach - Strategic Organizational Development. The book is written by Sharadindu Pandey who conducted a meta synthesis research study that is the focus of the book. The book is organized by chapters in which each is devoted to a step in the metasynthesis process. Pandey details the many decisions that must be made by the researcher employing this method as well as discussing the importance of the use of strategic organization development to build actionable knowledge. Valuable feature s …
Refugee Children’S Adaptation To American Early Childhood Classrooms: A Narrative Inquiry, Megan A. Prior, Tricia Niesz
Refugee Children’S Adaptation To American Early Childhood Classrooms: A Narrative Inquiry, Megan A. Prior, Tricia Niesz
The Qualitative Report
Researchers have suggested that a paucity of research exists on refugee youth in early child hood education settings. Arguing that children’s stories provide educators a valuable resource for understanding the meaning children make of initial cross - cultural experiences, this article presents a narrative inquiry into the stories and artwork of three early childhood students, along with the narratives of their families, all Karen refugees from Myanmar. Examining what these stories reveal about the children’s initial experiences in an American early childhood setting, we share their stories of adaptation, their experiences of cultural dissonance, and their illustrations of change over …
Conceptions Of Competency: A Phenomenographic Investigation Of Beginning Teachers In Malaysia, Pauline Swee Choo Goh
Conceptions Of Competency: A Phenomenographic Investigation Of Beginning Teachers In Malaysia, Pauline Swee Choo Goh
The Qualitative Report
I use phenomenography, which is an interpretive research approach, to seek and to discover what beginning teachers in Malaysia conceive and understand as competence in relation to what they do everyday as teachers. Phenomenographic approach is used because of its potential to capture variation of understanding, or way of constituting, the conceptions of competency. The outcomes of this study, therefore, are: (a ) Categories of description which capture the critical dimensions of how beginning teachers in Malaysia understand the conceptions of competency, and, (b ) An outcome space that describes the relationships between the categories. The results show that beginning …
A Phenomenological Study Of Falling Out Of Romantic Love, Joanni L. Sailor
A Phenomenological Study Of Falling Out Of Romantic Love, Joanni L. Sailor
The Qualitative Report
Romantic love is considered a necessary ingredient in marriage. In this study, the experience of falling out of romantic love with one’s spouse was examined. Eight individuals who had fallen out of romantic love with their spouse were interviewed. By using Moustakas’ Transcendental Phenomenological method, several themes emerged which provided a description of the experience of the phenomena. These themes included loss of trust, of intimacy, and of feeling loved; emotional pain; and negative sense of self. Gradual decline was identified as a slow, progressive deterioration of the relationship in which over time the romantic love decreased and eventually ended. …
Marginal Mentoring In The Contact Space: Diversified Mentoring Relationships At A Midsized Midwestern State University (Mmsu), Marcy Meyer, Kiesha Warren-Gordon
Marginal Mentoring In The Contact Space: Diversified Mentoring Relationships At A Midsized Midwestern State University (Mmsu), Marcy Meyer, Kiesha Warren-Gordon
The Qualitative Report
This study is a collaborative investigation that melds traditional qualitative social scientific and contemporary autoethnographic methods to examine diversified mentoring relationships at a midsized midwestern state university (MMSU). The first author conducted 21 semi - structured interview s with MMSU faculty members and professional personnel who were members of underrepresented minority (URM) groups. A thematic analysis of the data, informed by the literature on developmental relationships and intergroup communication, reveals a number of problems with MMSU’s formal mentoring program and intergroup communication climate. Moreover, the findings indicate that the quality of mentoring relationships affects protégés’ co - cultural communication practices. …
Among The Cannibals : A Review, Julie Schuh
Among The Cannibals : A Review, Julie Schuh
The Qualitative Report
Paul Raffaele has written a particularly absorbing book about his ethnographic studies to discover the last remaining participants in the enigmatic and disconcerting practice of cannibalism. His research takes him across the globe living with societies from New Guinea to Mexico.
The Influence Of Power Shifts In Data Collection And Analysis Stages : A Focus On Qualitative Research Interview, Frederick Anyan
The Influence Of Power Shifts In Data Collection And Analysis Stages : A Focus On Qualitative Research Interview, Frederick Anyan
The Qualitative Report
This paper analyzes the power relation between the interviewer and the interviewee in the qualitative research interview methodology. The paper sets out to grapple with the extent to which the dynamisms in power shifts influence data collection and analysis in the interview methodology. The exploration of power shifts in the qualitative research interview facilitates comprehensive understanding of the nuances of the data by providing more information about the interviewee and the interviewer. This enhances a deeper discerning into the research process, and the topics discussed. This paper also elaborates on how interviewees as well as interviewers display their countermeasures to …
An Autoethnography: Constructing (& Interpreting) Cross - Cultural Awareness Through The Mind Of A Peace Corps Volunteer, Kenneth Carano
An Autoethnography: Constructing (& Interpreting) Cross - Cultural Awareness Through The Mind Of A Peace Corps Volunteer, Kenneth Carano
The Qualitative Report
In the form of an autoethnography, a returned Peace Corps volunteer examines how, when, and if, he was able to establish a significant level of cross - cultural awareness while living in Surname, South America for two years. Employing a process called emotional recall, the author analyzed two years worth of personal journals kept during his time in Suriname. The author writes about the explored interactions of his physical/temporal reality and “enacted” reality to provide examples of going through the first three levels and his fleeting attainment of the fourth level of cross - cultural awareness. Ultimately, one of the …
Learning To Value Stories: A Review Of Narrative Inquiry, Salen Potter
Learning To Value Stories: A Review Of Narrative Inquiry, Salen Potter
The Qualitative Report
In the book Narrative Inquiry, Kathleen Wells (2011) provides a concise and helpful pocket - guide regarding the narrative method for the student and researcher interested in garnering the basics of this qualitative approach. As a post - graduate professor of models and methodological issues in qualitative research, and a researcher who is proficient in investigating phenomena related to social work with the narrative method, she draws on her expertise to provide the reader with a volume of memorable illustrations from scholarly writings which serve to be helpful for those not only in the field of social work, but the …
Relational Identities: Reclaiming Ourselves Through Recreating Each Other In Collaborative Conversations In Group Therapy Work, Celia Quintas, Christopher F. Burnett
Relational Identities: Reclaiming Ourselves Through Recreating Each Other In Collaborative Conversations In Group Therapy Work, Celia Quintas, Christopher F. Burnett
Peace and Conflict Studies
This project took place at an outpatient mental health setting, and offers new understandings in our pursuit for communal well-being. It documents the unique participation of group members in the co-creaction of new knowledge and better understanding of human relationships using a participatory action research methodology. The article explores how improvements can take place in the lives of people diagnosed as chronically mentally ill. It demonstrates how a postmodern, collaborative approach to group therapy impacted the ways in which persons diagnosed with serious and chronic mental illness recreated their identities, thereby affecting their ways of relating to others and to …
On Success In Peace Processes: Readiness Theory And The Aceh Peace Process, Amira Schiff
On Success In Peace Processes: Readiness Theory And The Aceh Peace Process, Amira Schiff
Peace and Conflict Studies
The study presents an analysis of the conflict resolution process in the Aceh conflict between the government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (“Gerekan Aceh Merdeka” or GAM). Starting with unofficial efforts by the Indonesian side from mid-2003, which eventually led the parties to the negotiation table and to the signing of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in August 2005, the peace process put an end to the 30-year conflict over the independence of Aceh. The peaceful resolution of the Aceh conflict will be examined using readiness theory, which posits the factors that lead parties to negotiate …
Volume 20, Number 1 (Spring 2013), Peace And Conflict Studies
Volume 20, Number 1 (Spring 2013), Peace And Conflict Studies
Peace and Conflict Studies
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Peace And Conflict Studies
Front Matter, Peace And Conflict Studies
Peace and Conflict Studies
No abstract provided.
Facilitating Collaboration Among Health Care Professionals, Robin Cooper
Facilitating Collaboration Among Health Care Professionals, Robin Cooper
Peace and Conflict Studies
This paper explores how principles and practices of mediation and facilitation can be applied to facilitate collaboration among health care professionals. Certain techniques of mediation and facilitation are uniquely suited to address issues of values, roles, communication, and teamwork—four core competency domains of interprofessional collaborative practice—within the organizational context in order to transform workplace conflict into constructive collaboration. This paper discusses how one might draw upon those mediation and facilitation skills and techniques in order to address profession-centrism, professional prejudice, and us vs. them thinking, which hinder interprofessional collaboration. Those trained in the theories and practices associated with conflict analysis …
From Positionality To Relationality: A Buddhist-Oriented Relational View Of Conflict Escalation And Its Transformation, Ran Kuttner
Peace and Conflict Studies
Through a theoretical analysis, this paper suggests that the Buddhist philosophy and psychology offer a unique contribution to our understanding of conflict escalation and the potential for its transformation from a relational point of view. In particular, it presents an in-depth analysis of conflict escalation, applying the Buddhist Four Noble Truths and Twelve Links models. With the help of these models, it analyzes the psychological process that invokes the escalation of conflict, resulting in what is considered “suffering” (Duhkha) in Buddhist thought, seen also as lack of relational awareness. The paper demonstrates how a Buddhist-oriented view of conflict adds value …
Grassroots Peacebuilding In Northern Ireland And The Border Counties: Elements Of An Effective Model, Olga Skarlato, Sean Byrne, Kawser Ahmed, Julie Marie Hyde, Peter Karari
Grassroots Peacebuilding In Northern Ireland And The Border Counties: Elements Of An Effective Model, Olga Skarlato, Sean Byrne, Kawser Ahmed, Julie Marie Hyde, Peter Karari
Peace and Conflict Studies
Following the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement many community-based organizations became involved in localized peace-building activities in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties. Drawing financial support from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and the International Fund for Ireland, these organizations adopted various strategic mechanisms to implement their projects –synchronizing bottom-up development initiatives with top-level government policies. Their effectiveness has already been felt in Northern Ireland as reduced political violence and improved socioeconomic conditions. However, the long-term sustainability of this work is questionable, affected as it is by continued intercommunity segregation, low macro-level political support, and global economic instability. This …
Book Review: Occupying New Levels: A Comparative Review Of Occupy Nation And Networks Of Outrage And Hope, Kevin Revier
Book Review: Occupying New Levels: A Comparative Review Of Occupy Nation And Networks Of Outrage And Hope, Kevin Revier
Peace and Conflict Studies
No abstract provided.
Expanding The Application Of Appreciative Inquiry Based On Its Principles Of Human Systems, Vatusha Howard
Expanding The Application Of Appreciative Inquiry Based On Its Principles Of Human Systems, Vatusha Howard
The Qualitative Report
This review serves to examine The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change by Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten - Bloom (2010). It will introduce the topic of Appreciative Inquiry, giving supporting information from the book, and discuss its adaptability. The authors discuss Appreciative Inquiry as a positive approach to change, introduces the 4D cycle associated with it, and uses it to explain how Appreciative Inquiry is carried out in many capacities at the organizational level. Furthermore, this review includes a look into the basic premise of Appreciative Inquiry and how this premise alone affords this Appreciative …
Democratizing Academic Writing: A Revision Of An Experience Of Writing An Autoethnographic Dissertation In Color, Marcela Polanco
Democratizing Academic Writing: A Revision Of An Experience Of Writing An Autoethnographic Dissertation In Color, Marcela Polanco
The Qualitative Report
In this paper, I revise my experience of writing an autoethnographic ( Ellis, 2004) dissertation in the field of family therapy as a Colombian mestiza. I discuss how I grappled with my writing, and, in the process, stumbled into matters of democratizing texts. I problematize male - dominant academic standards, telling of the tensions when maneuvering at marking cultural and gender differences in my text. I focus on the storywriting of my storytelling when writing aesthetic, evocative, and emotional stories as a woman of color, at the intersection between autobiography and ethnography (Ellis, 2004). I discern elements of my handicraft …
Finding A Balance: A Narrative Inquiry Into Motherhood And The Doctoral Process, Brooke Eisenbach
Finding A Balance: A Narrative Inquiry Into Motherhood And The Doctoral Process, Brooke Eisenbach
The Qualitative Report
Carolyn Ellis states, “autoethnography shows struggle, passion, embodied life, and the collaborative creation of sense - making... [it] wants the reader to care, to feel, to empathize, and to do something, to act” (Ellis & Bochner, 2006, p. 433). This autoethnography describes one new mother’s struggles to complete her doctoral program of study while remaining devoted to her familial obligations and relationships. In particular, this article investigates the causes of tension and stress that exist as she attempts to find a balance between her need to care and love for her child, to maintain a relationship with her husband, and …
A Phenomenological Examination Of Context On Adolescent Ownership And Engagement Rationale, Melissa Cater, Krisanna Machtmes, Janet E. Fox
A Phenomenological Examination Of Context On Adolescent Ownership And Engagement Rationale, Melissa Cater, Krisanna Machtmes, Janet E. Fox
The Qualitative Report
Youth ownership and engagement are foundational pieces of the service - learning cycle. Youth voice is posited as a promising practice for building engagement and ownership. As community programs search for proven methods of sustaining youth participation, research that examines the links between practice and outcomes is essential. This study is a phenomenological examination of how adolescents in a non - formal youth development program make meaning of having a voice and its contributions to their ownership and engagement of the program. Findings indicate that an autonomy - supportive environment is a prerequisite for engagement and ownership to develop.
Conversations In A Pub: Positioning The Critical Friend As “Peer Relief” In The Supervision Of A Teacher Educator Study Abroad Experience, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider, Audra K. Parker
Conversations In A Pub: Positioning The Critical Friend As “Peer Relief” In The Supervision Of A Teacher Educator Study Abroad Experience, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider, Audra K. Parker
The Qualitative Report
In this paper, we share the results of a self - study of our experience as university supervisors in a study abroad program for U.S. pre - service teachers. We share the shifts in our thinking that occurred as a result of our daily conversations about our work as teacher educators. Our reflections led us to new understandings of the nuances of field experiences, our constructions of pre - service teachers in the field, and the necessity of personal and professional renewal for faculty, not only as critical friends, but as peer relief.
How To “Get” Grounded And Not “Get” Lost: Review Of Grounded Theory For Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide, Kristin Wyatt
How To “Get” Grounded And Not “Get” Lost: Review Of Grounded Theory For Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide, Kristin Wyatt
The Qualitative Report
As a developing PhD student one must work to develop the ability to apply critical thinking skills and analysis. In my pursuit to further understand qualitative research methods, I chose to look more closely at grounded theory method due to its seemingly complex structure and unique method of theory development. Urquhart (2013) works to present the components of grounded theory method (GTM) as a reaction to confusion and frustration of postgraduate students struggling with the method. She provides a sequential “how to” guide on GTM while asserting the importance of staying flexible within the structure. She acknowledges and addresses the …