The research journey : introduction to inquiry / Sharon F. Rallis, Gretchen B. Rossman ; foreword by Thomas A. Schwandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rallis, Sharon F.

Contributor:

Rossman, Gretchen B.

Schwandt, Thomas A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissertations, Academic.

Research--Methodology--Study and teaching (Graduate).

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Guilford Press, c2012.

Summary:

"This book is a product of our several decades of teaching about research, conducting research ourselves, advising graduate students who conducted research - and of our reflections on the teaching and on the conduct of research. The book is structured to follow a teaching sequence; in fact, it maps neatly onto our syllabus for the course. Each chapter begins with a series of critical questions that we hope will guide reading and prompt further questions for discussion. These questions are followed by a dialogue among five graduate students whose journeys into inquiry are just beginning. Their challenges and joys are embedded in these dialogues as well as throughout the chapters. We also draw on other examples from our students over the years in several places. The chapters end with learning activities that we have used over the years and refined, based on student feedback and our own critical reflections on how well they worked"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Prologue; Greetings to Beginning Inquirers; 1

Inquiry as Learning: Beginning the Journey; Critical Questions to Guide Your Reading; Dialogue 1. What Is Inquiry?; Introduction; What Is Inquiry?; The Learner as Knowledge Generator; Drawing on Values and Passion; Your Journey into Systematic Inquiry; Learning Activity 1.1. "Nanook of the North"; Learning Activity 1.2. Problematizing "Truth"; For Further Reading; 2

Ways of Knowing: Finding a Compass; Critical Questions to Guide Your Reading

Dialogue 2. What Do We Know? How Do We Know It?Ways of Knowing; Fundamental Assumptions; Ontological Assumptions; Epistemological Assumptions; Methodological Assumptions; Assumptions about the Social World; Mapping Perspectives; The Objectivist-Interpretivist Continuum; The Sociology of Regulation-Sociology of Radical Change Continuum; Back to Ontology and Epistemology; Learning Activity 2.1. The Magic Eye®; Learning Activity 2.2. Alternative Maps; Learning Activity 2.3. Strings; For Further Reading; 3

The Cycle of Inquiry: More Than One Way to Get There

Critical Questions to Guide Your ReadingDialogue 3. Conducting Inquiry: How Do I Do It?; Inquiry in Action/Inquiry as Practice; The Systematic Inquiry Cycle; Validity, Credibility, and Trustworthiness; Learning Activity 3.1. Critical Inquiry Triads; Learning Activity 3.2. "Walk-Throughs" to Find a Problem, Question, or Surprise; For Further Reading; 4

Being an Ethical Inquirer: Staying Alert on the Road; Critical Questions to Guide Your Reading; Dialogue 4. What Ethical Considerations Might Affect My Project?; Ethics in Inquiry; The Inquirer as a Moral Practitioner

Standards for Practice and Procedural MattersEthics, Trustworthiness, and Rigor; Ethical Theories; Ethics and Reflexivity; Learning Activity 4.1. "The Moral Fix": A Debate; Learning Activity 4.2. What Would You Do?; For Further Reading; 5

Constructing Conceptual Frameworks: Building the Route; Critical Questions to Guide Your Reading; Dialogue 5. Grappling with a Conceptual Framework; What Is a Conceptual Framework?; Aysen's Conceptualizing Process; Building an Argument; Entering the Conversation: Your Community of Practice; Entering the Conversation: Your Engagement

Entering the Conversation: The Communities of DiscourseWays of Organizing; Learning Activity 5.1. One Study, Four Representations; Learning Activity 5.2. Developing a Position; Learning Activity 5.3. Complicating Your Position; Learning Activity 5.4. Concept Mapping; For Further Reading; 6

Designing the Inquiry Project: Finding "True North"; Critical Questions to Guide Your Reading; Dialogue 6. Considering Design Options; Moving from the Conceptual Framework into Design; Determining Purpose; Stipulating Research Questions; Considering Various Designs; Observation Designs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613541857

9781280163579

1280163577

9781462505159

1462505155

OCLC:

784957815