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This book is a one-stop resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time as well as those revisiting core concepts and issues. It presents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field of inquiry, cleverly combined with practical, hands-on advice on how to conduct a successful qualitative study.
List of contents
Part 1: Considering perspectives
1. Qualitative research
2. A brief history of philosophical perspectives
3. Research choices and lenses
Part 2: Acknowledging a position
4. Philosophical stance
5. Personal stance, positionality and reflexivity
Part 3: Framing the study
6. The ‘who’ or ‘what’ of study
7. Research questions
8. Literature review
9. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks
Part 4: Choosing a research approach
10. Case study
11. Pragmatic qualitative research
12. Grounded theory
13. Ethnography
14. Phenomenology
15. Narrative approaches
16. Action research
17. Collaborative approaches
18. Evaluation
19. Art-based approaches
Part 5: Collecting data
20. Time, place and participants
21. Ethics and ethical approval
22. Fieldwork
23. Interviews
24. Focus groups
25. Observation
26. Documents
Part 6: Working with data and findings
27. Data handling and coding
28. Data analysis
29. Data Interpretation
30. Quality
Part 7: Writing about the research
31. Researcher voice
32. The research report
33. Writing strategies and writing for publication
About the author
Maggi Savin-Baden is Senior Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford.
Claire Howell Major is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Alabama, USA.
Summary
This book is a one-stop resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time as well as those revisiting core concepts and issues. It presents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field of inquiry, cleverly combined with practical, hands-on advice on how to conduct a successful qualitative study.
