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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: In this article, a preliminary theoretical framework combining contingency theory, the historical approach and social theory is proposed to understand organizational design, both as a thing and as a process, in the context of healthcare.
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TL;DR: The main interpretation is that the five tentative interpretations are related to Tuan’s concepts of space and place, where place can be described as security and stableness, and space as freedom and openness for a meaningful daily life.
Abstract: Shortcomings in elderly care have been reported in many parts of the world, including Sweden. However, national guidelines for elderly care have been introduced in Sweden, which contain core values and local guarantees of dignity. These highlight the need for dignity and well-being, and organising the older person’s daily life so that they perceive it as meaningful. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to describe older persons’ experience and knowledge about obstacles, opportunities and solutions to developing a meaningful daily life for those living in nursing homes. This study combined the Participatory Appreciative Action Reflection (PAAR) and hermeneutic approaches. Twenty-five older persons participated and persons with dementia or cognitive impairments were included. Repeated interviews were carried out as reflective conversations, leaving 50 interviews in total, wherein the older persons provided their analyses and reflections on a meaningful daily life. Finally, an analysis of the data was completed based on a life-world hermeneutic approach. We identified five tentative interpretations that describe obstacles, opportunities and solutions for a meaningful daily life. Themes 2 and 4 outline obstacles for a meaningful daily life, and Themes 1, 3 and 5 describe opportunities and solutions for a meaningful daily life: (1) Having space to be yourself; (2) No space to be yourself; (3) Belonging and security; (4) A feeling of insecurity; and (5) Longing for something to happen. In the main interpretation, we found that the five tentative interpretations are related to Tuan’s concepts of space and place, where place can be described as security and stableness, and space as freedom and openness. The reciprocal relationship is a solution for a meaningful daily life and occurs in the interaction between staff and older persons in nursing homes. It is the balance of power, and constitutes a place of shelter and a space of freedom for a meaningful daily life. The older person must have balance between shelter and freedom to have a meaningful daily life.
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...Therefore a strategic selection of older persons ≥65 years of age living in six nursing homes was used to ensure variation [29]....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors interviewed 14 teachers from 10 high schools to understand the perspectives of special educators regarding promoting summer employment and other community activities for youth with disabilities, and they articulated several school-, family, and employer-related barriers that may hinder youth from accessing these experiences.
Abstract: Although connecting youth with disabilities with early work experiences has emerged as a recommended practice in transition education, little is known about the extent to which the summer months might offer a meaningful context for providing such experiences. To understand the perspectives of special educators regarding promoting summer employment and other community activities for youth with disabilities, the authors interviewed 14 teachers from 10 high schools. Although teachers identified the summer months as a promising avenue for engaging youth in career development experiences, they articulated several school-, family-, and employer-related barriers that may hinder youth from accessing these experiences. This article discusses recommendations for engaging youth more meaningfully during the summer months and offers direction for future research.
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...This purposeful sampling technique allowed us to include a wide range of teachers who had diverse experiences and perceptions (Patton, 2002)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that a sense of differentness serves as the starting point for the production of knowledge through exploration and reflection, conflict, negotiation, and argumentation, which is the overarching goal of qualitative research.
Abstract: This article contributes to the body of knowledge on qualitative interviewing in as much as it highlights the inherent connection between a sense of differentness among interview partners and processes of knowledge construction, which is the overarching goal of qualitative research. The authors argue that a sense of differentness serves as the starting point for the production of knowledge through exploration and reflection, conflict, negotiation, and argumentation. For heuristic purposes, the authors organize the analysis around four conceptual alternatives regarding agreement or disagreement with respect to the moral stances of interview partners. The authors then examine each of the alternatives in terms of its implications for the knowledge construction process and discuss them with regard to ontological, epistemological, and moral levels of analysis.
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...Traditionally, scholars cautioned such differences, and interviewers were instructed to be prudent and prevent their own values and perspectives from influencing the interview process (Bogdan & Taylor, 1975; Bogdan & Biklen, 1982; Patton, 2002)....
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...…that aims to understand the perspectives, interpretations, and meanings that interviewees attribute to specific issues; and an encounter in which both parties contribute to the construction of the outcome (Bogdan & Biklen, 1982; Kvale, 1996; Patton, 2002; Taylor & Bogdan, 1984; Warren, 2002)....
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TL;DR: Ass associations among parent-child relations, adult attachment styles, and relationship quality and theme in romantic narratives was conducted and mediated by a more secure (and a less avoidant) attachment style when the participant was 26, as predicted.
Abstract: In this longitudinal study, a quantitative and qualitative examination of the associations among parent-child relations, adult attachment styles, and relationship quality and theme in romantic narratives was conducted. Parenting and adult attachment style were assessed through questionnaires, whereas overall quality of romantic relationships (regard and importance), intimacy, and romantic story theme were examined with a life story approach (McAdams, 1993). At ages 17 and 26 years, 100 participants completed a series of questionnaires and also, at age 26, told a story about a "relationship-defining moment" with a romantic partner. Parent-child relations when participants were 17 years old were related predictably to all three attachment styles. About 70% of the sample told romantic stories with a "true love" type of theme. Associations between parent-child relations when the child was 17 and this type of theme in the story told when the participant was 26 were mediated by a more secure (and a less avoidant) attachment style when the participant was 26, as predicted. The implications of these findings for links between attachment models and the life story are discussed.
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...We coded overall theme of the story using an open-coding procedure as described earlier (following Patton, 2002)....
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...In preliminary discussions, we identified constructs that were relevant to the hypotheses (ie, relationship variables such as intimacy) and then conducted open coding (eg, Patton, 2002) on an initial subset of 30 narratives to describe story themes, with all themes emerging out of these relationship stories recorded, and commonly reoccurring themes noted....
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...…we identified constructs that were relevant to the hypotheses (i.e., relationship variables such as intimacy) and then conducted open coding (e.g., Patton, 2002) on an initial subset of 30 narratives to describe story themes, with all themes emerging out of these relationship stories recorded,…...
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