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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1
TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.
Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.
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TL;DR: This article investigated unequal admissions patterns at the University of Oxford and found that adjustment of applicants' performance in the light of their schooling can account for the statistical observation of a lower chance of admission for private school applicants compared with their state school counterparts.
Abstract: The article investigates unequal admissions patterns at the University of Oxford. Statistical work shows differences in admission rates by social class, ethnicity, gender, qualification status and secondary schooling. In‐depth interviews with admissions tutors, college and university officials and observations of eight admissions meetings provide insights into the processes behind those admissions patterns. Results illustrate that adjustment of applicants’ performance in the light of their schooling can account for the statistical observation of a lower chance of admission for private school applicants compared with their state school counterparts. The advantage in admissions chances enjoyed by post‐qualification applicants appears to be related to the lower risk they pose with regards to their attainment. Little direct evidence is found, however, to explain inequalities in admission rates by social class, ethnicity and gender. A tentative suggestion is made that homophilic tendencies among selectors migh...

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  • ...Interview participants were chosen using a maximum variation sample of Oxford academic staff to capture the breadth of admissions experiences and to identify themes that cut across different subjects and selection procedures (Patton, 2002; Robson, 2002; Ritchie & Lewis, 2003)....

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TL;DR: The authors explored the life of a soccer coach working with disadvantaged young people, who described how soccer was fully entwined with aspects of his former delinquent and criminal lifestyle, including missing school lessons to play soccer, the fusion of soccer and youth violence, and competing in teams with local criminals.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the life of John (a pseudonym), a soccer coach working with disadvantaged young people. Six open-ended life history interviews over a ten week period ranging between 45 and 75 min were conducted. John described how soccer was fully entwined with aspects of his former delinquent and criminal lifestyle, including missing school lessons to play soccer, the fusion of soccer and youth violence, and competing in teams with local criminals. On the other hand, a soccer programme for people with limited opportunities helped him leave behind a life of delinquency, gang fighting, and selling drugs. Moreover, he came to understand that soccer could help him satisfy his desire for social recognition and fit with a relational narrative in a more socially legitimate way. This study provides an insight into how soccer was used to thwart a soccer coach’s formal criminal lifestyle, and also warns against uncritical assumptions that sport can serve as a panacea for deviant be...

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TL;DR: The meaning of sport to Aboriginal youth is not well understood, and this lack of understanding limits the potential to enhance their sport opportunities as discussed by the authors, thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the meanings of sport for Aboriginal youth living in Edmonton, Alberta.
Abstract: The meaning of sport to Aboriginal youth is not well understood, and this lack of understanding limits the potential to enhance their sport opportunities. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the meanings of sport to Aboriginal youth living in Edmonton, Alberta. Photovoice was employed as it is recognised as a decolonising and participatory research approach. Fifteen Aboriginal youth, between 12 and 15 years, participated in a sport sampler event, whereby they were provided with disposable cameras and asked to photograph objects, events, places, or people that represent their meaning of sport. Participants spoke about their photographs in talking circles, which took place two weeks after the sport sampler event. Two talking circles (one with eight and one with seven participants) were facilitated. Cultural practices (e.g. offering of tobacco to traditional knowledge keeper) were integrated into the talking circles. Talking circles were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and transcripts were a...

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  • ...More specifically, Indigenous coding, a process suggested by Patton (2002), took place in that the words and terminology of the participants were used in the coding process....

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TL;DR: The first outline of a quality evaluation tool (QET) to be used in the process of designing outdoor environments in healthcare settings, e.g. healthcare gardens, is presented and relates the QET to evidence-based design, salutogenesis and pathogenesis.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify different types of community energy projects and the factors that may prevent them from scaling up and show which initiatives could be more inclined to be part of a strategy aiming at scaling up the sector, highlighting how exogenous factors such as cultural aspects, specific context in which community energy develops and the characteristics of community groups are also relevant in the scaling-up process.

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  • ...The initial categories obtained were then reviewed and refined according to the principle of “internal homogeneity and external heterogeneity” (Patton, 2002, p. 465) and classified under the three conceptual themes of shaping of expectations, learning, and networking (Schot and Geels, 2008)....

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