Full Description
This is a key text for any student embarking on a qualitative research project, it provides worked examples and valuable models which can be used as guides for plans and proposals, answering key questions and providing a comprehensive guide to a student's project.It shows that when planning a qualitative research proposal, researchers should adopt an approach where they ask themselves the following four questions:What research paradigm informs my approach to my research area? What theoretical perspective do I choose within the paradigm?What methodology do I choose?What methods are most appropriate? Including examples of the write-up of two central types of research projects: studies on participants' `perspectives' on phenomena and studies on how participants manage or `cope with' phenomena, the book outlines five research proposals to illustrate ways in which these two central `types' can be varied and applied when engaging in five other types of studies, namely, policy studies, life history studies, retrospective interactionist longitudinal studies and interactionist historical studies, and `problem-focused' studies.
Contents
Acknowledgements. Dedication. Preface. Tables. Part 1 1. Introduction 2. The General Background 3. Posing The Questions 4. What is Theory and What is its Value? 5 An Example of a `Perspectives' Study 6. An Example of a Study on How Participants `Deal With' a Particular Phenomenon Part 2 7. Policy Studies and the Interpretivist Paradigm 8. Life History Studies 9. Retrospective Interactional Longtitudinal Studies 10. Interactionist Historical Studies 11. The Interpretivist Paradigm and Research Based on `Problem-Focused' Ideas. References. Index
