Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research / editors, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Norma T. Mertz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anfara, Vincent A.

Mertz, Norma T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [2006]

Summary:

In Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research, the authors provide extensive and practical coverage of theory and its role in qualitative research, a review of the literature that currently exists on theoretical frameworks, a clear and concise definition of what a theoretical framework is and how one goes about finding one, and real-world examples of theoretical frameworks effectively employed by some of the world's leading qualitative researchers. The book will be invaluable to students and researchers who want to find detailed examples of their design options and who are still working through the various frameworks they could employ. The interdisciplinary nature of the framework examples used in the book (economics, politics, social theory, etc.) will also assist students in linking their own specific research questions to larger inquiry projects.

Contents:

Introduction

Seeking understanding of school culture : using theory as a framework for observation and analysis / Joyce L. Henstrand

Transformational learning and HIV-positive young adults / Sharan B. Merriam

Struggling with theory : a beginning scholar's experience with Mazzoni's arena models / Frances C. Fowler

Liminality and the study of a changing academic landscape / Pamela J. Bettis and Michael R. Mills

Organizational identity and identification during a departmental reorganization / Michael R. Mills and Pamela J. Bettis

Chaos and complexity : a framework for understanding social workers at midlife / Irene E. Karpiak

A look through the Kubler-Ross theoretical lens / Kerri S. Kearney and Adrienne E. Hyle

Mary Douglas's typology of grid and group / Edward L. Harris

Adapting Bourdieu's field theory to explain decision-making processes in educational policy / Carol A. Mutch

On politics and theory : using an explicitly activist theory to frame educational research / Catherine A. Lugg

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412914167

OCLC:

62134783

Publisher Number:

9781412914161