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Qualitative research & evaluation methods
Michael Quinn Patton
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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.read more
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Are parents identifying positive aspects to parenting their child with an intellectual disability or are they just coping? A qualitative exploration
Carole Beighton,Jane Wills +1 more
TL;DR: Seven key themes were identified; an increased sense of personal strength and confidence, changed priorities, greater appreciation of life, pleasure in the child’s accomplishments, increased faith/spirituality, more meaningful relationships and the positive effect that the child has on the wider community.
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‘We Are Not Here to Claim Better Services Than Any Other’: Social Exclusion among Men from Refugee Backgrounds in Urban and Regional Australia
TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed-methods study of social exclusion experiences among 233 resettled refugees living in urban and regional Queensland, Australia, was conducted, finding that participants living in regional areas were significantly more likely to be excluded from production, social relations, and services.
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Social Studies Teachers' Views of Learner-Centered Instruction.
TL;DR: This article explored social studies teachers' views of learner-centered instruction and learning theories by employing the methods and procedures of the qualitative research tradition and found that teachers identified their teaching orientations more with the cognitive and constructivist approach than the behaviorist approach.
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Governmental financial resilience under austerity in Austria, England and Italy: How do local governments cope with financial shocks?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the organizational capacities that are deployed and/or built by local governments to respond to such shocks, looking at their combinations and interactions with environmental conditions, highlighting and operationalizing different patterns of financial resilience, that are the result of the interaction and development over time of different internal and external dimensions.
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Involuntarily childless men and the desire for fatherhood
Robin Hadley,Terry Hanley +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explored the experience of childless men and the desire for fatherhood and found that the desire to parenthood appeared to peak in the 30s, gradually reduced, but did not cease.