Qualitative Inquiry in Clinical and Educational Settings

This highly readable text demystifies the qualitative research process - and helps readers conceptualize their own studies - by organizing the different research paradigms and traditions into coherent clusters. Real-world examples and firsthand perspectives illustrate the research process; instructive exercises and activities build on each other so readers can develop their own proposals or reports as they work through the book. Provided are strategies for selecting a research topic, entering and exiting sites, and navigating the complexities of ethical issues and the researcher's role.

Readers learn how to use a range of data collection methods - including observational strategies, interviewing, focus groups, e-mail and chat rooms, and arts-based media - and to manage, analyze, and report the resulting data.

Useful pedagogical features include

*In-class and field activities to apply qualitative concepts. *Discussion questions, proposal development exercises, and reflexive journal activities. *Exemplary qualitative studies and two sample proposals. *Cautionary notes, or "Wild Cards," about possible research pitfalls. *Tables that summarize concepts and present helpful tips. Book details

Book Details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 1609182458
• ISBN-10: 1609182456