Qualitative Pathways for Publication

Auteur

By Carol Isaac

Texte du rabat

A concise, nuts-and-bolts encapsulation of the essentials qualitative researchers in STEMM need to know to get their work accepted and published, written by a longtime qualitative methodologist and qualitative reviewer for academic journals.

Contenu

CONTENTS

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1: Foundations

Brief Beginnings of Qualitative Research

How is Qualitative Research Different?

The Four Elements of Qualitative Research

The Continuum

Qualitative Pathway

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 2: A Study of the Qualitative Lexicon

Perspective: Methodological Coherence

A Study of Qualitative Terms

Study Exemplars

Thoughts About Getting Published

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 3: Epistemology (The Big Three . . . or Four)

Who, Who Are You?

Research Paradigms

Objectivism

Pragmatism

Constructionism (and Its Variants)

Social Constructionism

Constructivism

Subjectivism

Final Thoughts About Epistemology

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 4: Theoretical Frameworks

Theoretical Frameworks

Interpretivism

Hermeneutics

Symbolic Interactionism

Phenomenology

Marxism and ...

A Historical Perspective

"All Things Critical"

Critical Race Theory

Feminism

Poststructuralism

Thoughts About Theoretical Perspectives

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 5: Methodologies

Part 1: Coding Nuts and Bolts, Thematic, and Content Analysis

Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)

Coding Strategies

Thematic Analysis

Content Analysis

Part 2: Other Analytic Possibilities

Grounded Theory

Case Study

Ethnography

Phenomenology

Moustakas

van Manen

IPA

Narrative Analysis

Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Comparing Three Methodologies

Mixed Methods

Summary

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 6: Methods and Data Collection

Interviews

Internet Interviews

Writing Interview Questions

Focus Groups

Zoom Anyone?

Participant Observation

Documents and Archival Evidence

Social Media and Digital Research

Visual Methods

Ethical Considerations

Data Collection Sampling Strategies

Saturation: How Many Interviews?

Summary

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 7: Verification Techniques and Ethical Concerns

More on Trustworthiness

Artificial Intelligence and Trustworthiness

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 8: Nuts & Bolts: Putting it Together

Writing It Up

Summary

Pathway for Publication for Publication: Make a Decision

Chapter 9: Coda on Quality

Publishing Need to Know

Prescriptive Standards versus Checklists

Summary

Pathway for Publication: Make a Decision

Glossary

References