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what is Narrative research?

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both a method and the phenomenon of study - focuses on people’s experiences as expressed through lived and told stories

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what does narrative research focus on?

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studying one or two individuals - gathering data through a collection of their stories, reporting on individual experiences, chronologically ordering their meaning

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what does narrative research do?

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tell of individuals experiences and shed light on identities of individuals and how they see themselves

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how are narrative stories gathered?

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many different forms of data - interviews, observations, documents, pictures, journals

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what is focused on when analyzing narratives?

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what was said (thematic), the nature of the telling of the story (structural), who the story is directed towards (dialogic/performance)

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what important factor needs to be taken into account when looking at narrative stories?

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the context within which the stories occur

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what is ‘narrative analysis’?

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creating descriptions of themes across stories and charting them into a story using a plot line

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what are the types of narrative research?

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biographical approach, autobiographical approach, life history approach, oral history approach

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what is the biographical approach to narrative research?

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researcher writes and records the experiences of another persons life

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what is the autobiographical approach to narrative research?

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written and recorded by the individuals who are the subject of the study

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what is the life history approach to narrative research?

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portrays and individuals entire life vs. a personal experience story which focuses on an individuals experience in one or more event/episode

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what is the oral history approach to narrative research?

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gathering personal reflections of events and their causes and effects from one or more individual

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what are the procedures for conducting narrative research?

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determine if narrative research best fits the research problem/question
select one or more individuals who have stories to tell and spend time with them gathering the information
collection and recording of data
collect info about the context of the stories
analyze participants stories
collaborate with participants by actively involving them in research

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how do researchers analyze participants’ stories?

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reorganize the stories, give the story a chronological sequence (beginning, middle, end), look for themes and categories within the stories, Clandinin and Connelly: interaction, continuity and situation

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what is the interaction part of Clandinin and Connelly’s approach to narrative inquiry?

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highlights the interconnectedness of the personal and social aspects of experiences.
It emphasizes that individual experiences are not isolated but are influenced by broader social contexts.
Researchers look at how personal narratives reflect social realities and how social contexts impact personal stories.

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what is the continuity part of Clandinin and Connelly’s approach to narrative inquiry?

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focuses on the temporal flow of experiences, considering how past experiences shape present actions and future possibilities.
It encourages researchers to trace the development of experiences over time, identifying patterns and changes.
Understanding continuity helps in comprehending how individuals construct their identities and make sense of their lives over time.

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what is the situation part of Clandinin and Connelly’s approach to narrative inquiry?

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emphasizes the importance of context in shaping narratives.
It involves considering the specific circumstances and environments in which experiences occur and stories are told.
Researchers analyze how situational factors influence the way stories are constructed and understood.

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what does the phenomenological approach focus on?

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focuses on describing what all participants have in common as they experience a phenomenon

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what is the phenomenological approach entail?

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researchers collect data from those who have experienced the phenomenon, and describe the essence of the experience for all the individuals

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what does the description of phenomenological experiences consist of?

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what they experienced and how they experienced it

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what is bracketing?

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the researcher brackets themselves out of the study by discussing personal experiences with the phenomenon.

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what are the types of phenomenology?

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hermeneutic phenomenology, empirical/psychological/transcendental phenomenology,

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what does hermeneutic phenomenology involve?

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the interpretation of the meaning of the lived experiences (not theorizing or analyzing)

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what is hermeneutic phenomenology?

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researcher makes an interpretation of what participants say and describe on that basis

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what does empirical/psychological/transcendental phenomenology focus on?
less on interpretation and more on the description of experiences of participants
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what does empirical/psychological/transcendental phenomenology involve?
reflexivity as a form of bracketing, textual and structural descriptions of experiences, places emphasis on bracketing/epoche (researcher perceives everything as if it were for the first time)
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what are the procedures for conducting phenomenology?
determine whether the construct is best examined using the phenomenological approach identify phenomenon of interest to study researcher recognizes and specifies broad philosophical assumptions of phenomenology (bracketing data is collected for a purposive sample participants are asked two broad questions and then further probing questions are asked significant statements and themes are used to write a description of what participants experiences
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what are the two broad questions asked in phenomenological studies?
what have you experienced in terms of this phenomenon? what contexts/situations have influenced your experiences?
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what does the grounded theory seek to do?
move beyond description, generating or discovering theory (an explanation)
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why is the grounded theory important?
help explain, practice or provide a framework for further research
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where is the grounded theory generated from?
generated from and grounded in data
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when is the grounded theory used?
when existing theories do not reflect the realities of the population - existing theories are not imposed onto the data
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what does the grounded theory involve?
memoing - writing down notes as data is collected and analyzed primary form of collection of data is interviews
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what does memoing include?
ideas about what is said or observed - these ideas sketch out the flow of the process
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what are the types of grounded theory?
systematic procedures and constructionist approach
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what does systematic grounded theory do?
systematically developing a theory that explains process, action or interaction on a topic
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what does systematic grounded theory entail?
researcher conducts 20-30 interviews over multiple field visits data is collected up to the point of saturation data analysis happens simultaneously with data collection involves theoretical sampling and constant comparison
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how does data collection in systematic grounded theory work?
data is collected up to the point of saturation data analysis happens simultaneously with data collection involves theoretical sampling and constant comparison
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what does constructionist grounded theory do?
emphasizing diverse local words, multiple realities and the complexities of particular words, views and actions
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what does constructionist grounded theory focus on?
theory developed that depends on the researchers view, not just the research methods
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what are the procedures for conducting grounded theory?
determine if grounded theory is best suited for the research problem research questions asked will focus on understanding how they experienced the process and the identifying the steps in the process data analysis proceeds in stages - iterative
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what is meant by iterative data analysis?
data analysis proceeds in stages
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what is ethnographic research interested in?
researcher is interested in examining shared patterns in larger than 20 or so individuals
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who does ethnographic research focus on?
an entire culture sharing group involving many people that interact over time
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what does ethnographic research focus on?
shared patterns of values, beliefs, behaviors and language
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what does ethnographic research involve?
extended observation and interviews of the group being studied through participation observation
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what do ethnographers study?
the meaning of behavior, language and interaction of members of a group
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what is an emic perspective?
participants views as an insider
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what does data analysis in ethnographic research rely on?
participants views as an insider perspective (emic) and reports them in verbatim quotes
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what is an etic perspective
outside perspective
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how is a cultural interpretation developed in ethnographic research?
data is filtered through the researchers etic perspective to develop cultural interpretation
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what are the types of ethnographies?
realist ethnography and critical ethnography
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what is realist ethnography?
objective account of the situation, written up in the third person and reporting objectively on the information learned by participants
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what does realist ethnography report?
objective data that in uncontaminated by personal bias, political goals or judgements
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what is critical ethnography?
responds to the way systems of power, prestige, and authority serves to marginalize individuals who are from different classes, races and genders
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what is critical ethnography used for?
advocacy tool against inequality and domination
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what are the procedures for ethnographic research?
identify and locate a culture-sharing group to study select cultural themes, issues or theories to study about the group determine which type of ethnography to use gather information in the setting where the group is located analyze data for a description of the group's (shared) ways
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what is case study research?
the study of an issue explored through one or more cases within a real life, contemporary context
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what do case studies do?
present an in depth understanding of the case through many forms of qualitative of data
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what is an intrinsic case study?
a case that has unusual interest in and of itself and needs to be described in detail
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what is an instrumental case study?
intended to understand a specific issue, problem or concern and a case(s) are selected to help understand this
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what are the types of case studies?
single instrumental case, collective case, intrinsic case
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what is a single instrumental case study?
the researcher focuses on an issue or concern and then selects one bound case to illustrate the issue
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what is a collective case study?
one issue or concern is selected but multiple cases are used to illustrate the issue
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what is an intrinsic case study?
focus is on the case itself because it presents an unusual or unique issue
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what are the procedures for conducting a case study?
identify a case/cases and the types of cases that are useful data collection data analysis - holistic analysis of entire case or embedded analysis of specific aspects of a case detailed description of case and themes within the case thematic analysis across cases present assertations
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how is data collected in case studies?
data collection is usually extensive and draws on multiple sources of information

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