Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education

Fundamental Elements and Issues

Susan R. Jones, Vasti Torres, Jan Arminio (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

2013 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51735-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research, while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the fundamentals of research through discussion of strategies, ethical issues, and challenges in higher education. In addition to walking through the methodological steps, this text considers the conceptual reasons behind qualitative research and explores how to conduct qualitative research that is rigorous, thoughtful, and theoretically coherent. Seasoned researchers Jones, Torres, and Arminio combine high-level theory with practical applications and examples, showing how research in higher education can produce improved learning outcomes for students, especially those who have been historically marginalized. This book will help students in higher education and Student Affairs graduate programs to cultivate an appreciation for the complexity and ambiguity of the research and the ways to think thorough questions and tensions that emerge in the process.

New in This Edition:






Updated citations and content throughout to reflect the newest thinking and scholarship



Expansion of current exemplars of qualitative research



New exercises, activities, and examples throughout to bolster accessibility of theory



A new chapter on Theoretical Perspectives with attention to new perspectives increasingly used in higher education and Student Affairs



A new chapter on Challenges in Data Collection

Autor

Susan R. Jones is Professor and Section Head of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at The Ohio State University, USA. Vasti Torres is Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Florida, USA. Jan Arminio is Professor and Director of the Higher Education Program at George Mason University, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter One Situating the Research: First Steps

Chapter Two Meeting the Obligations of High Quality Inquiry

Chapter Three Incorporating Theoretical Perspectives

Chapter Four Designing Research

Chapter Five Perspectives on Sampling

Chapter Six Challenges in Collecting Data

Chapter Seven Issues in Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter Eight Anticipating and Navigating Ethical Issues

Chapter Nine Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 498 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• ISBN-10: 0-415-51735-4 / 0415517354
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-51735-5 / 9780415517355
• Zustand: Neuware