Qualitative Methodology Flashcards
qualitative research provides ______
contextual explanation
the knowledge that is created/contributed by a qualitative study is the _______behind the action
meaning
A good qualitative research is assessed in terms of ______- the meaning makes sense to the researched community.
plausibility
Marton and Svensson (1979) differentiated between two different research perspectives
- the first-order perspective is represented by experimental type investigations, psychometrics and traditional evaluation measuring the achievement of objectives in observational and ‘from the outside’.
- the second-order perspective is phenomenological and describes learning from the learner’s perspective, ‘from the inside’.
A __________ concentrates on how individuals conceptualise ideas - a qualitative description of the content and quality of leaning.
second-order research perspective
The discrepancy which can develop in course team discussions about how students learn and students’ own realities parallels the distinction made by Argyris and Schon (1974: 3-34) between _________
theories-in-use and espoused theories
As research and evaluation in distance education develops, a paradigm for research broadly within the ________ provides a sound framework for the future.
qualitative-phenomenological perspective
qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of culture– people’s everyday life.
Ethnography
qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of practice (“methods” people use to accomplish life)
Ethnomethodology
qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of interaction with significant others
Symbolic interactionism
qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of lived experience
Phenomenology
qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of researcher’s own culture, the researcher’s everyday life
autoethnography
In contrast with quantitative research that aspires for objectivity, qualitative research celebrates ________as its interest is in the subjective dimension of reality
subjectivity
Subjectivity refers to ________, while bias refers to a particular preference
personal experience
Qualitative methodology follows the ________, that is, knowledge is represented through narrative
– of what human experience means to the participants
– rather than through numbers.
narrative logic
qualitative research is not interested in the number but in the ______ of meaning,
depth
The five procedures commonly used in Ethnography
- participant observation,
- in-depth interviewing,
- life history,
- documentary analysis, and
- investigator’s diaries
A _______ is an extensive description and analysis of some social unit in its context.
case study
_________represents the activity of pulling existentialia out of forgetfulness, through discourse (Buckley, 2018; Heidegger, 1927a)
Phenomenology
_________, Erlebnis, fuses these two meanings; the immediacy of experiencing provides the raw material to be shaped through interpretation, reinterpretation, and communication into its lasting form, the experienced (Gadamer, 2004), what Weick (1995) calls the sensemaking process in organizational studies.
Lived experience
A _______ is not seen as a limitation in phenomenological studies, since the primary objective is not generalizability, but to illuminate the lived experience and context in as much depth as possible.
small sample size
this data collection method may be insufficient to uncover phenomenon in a Heideggerian sense since interviews pose the risk of representing the voice of the das Man. The use of multiple data collection methods, known as method _________, is therefore particularly warranted
triangulation
_________elicit a participant’s narrative, which allows the storyteller to remember a past event and recount it in light of what is meaningful for them (Benner, 1994a)—with the meaning being an essential component of lived experience.
Individual interviews
________provides valuable information into the social interactions of teams, the context of the study, and the processes at play and situates the collected information within the bigger picture (Mulhall, 2003)
Unstructured observation
