Qualitative Research: Making It Real

As you make your way through the readings and resources for this week’s Discussion, you begin to realize that social and political forces as well as scientific curiosity shaped the development of modern qualitative research. These readings also make it clear that qualitative research is not a single, homogenous endeavor. Rather, qualitative researchers:

• come from a variety of disciplines,
• engage their objects of study from multiple perspectives,
• present their results in numerous formats,
• extend scientific knowledge beyond the confines of the experiment or survey,
• engage the audience to be self-reflective, and
• potentially illuminate opportunities for social change.

This week’s course of study provides you with a contextual understanding of qualitative research, which will form the foundation for understanding the methods and rationale. These will also help you begin a thoughtful process for considering the choice of qualitative research as your methodology for your doctoral research.

For this Discussion, you will explore the foundations and history of qualitative research methods. You also will consider the unique characteristics that distinguish qualitative research from other forms of inquiry.

Resources

 

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the Learning Resources related to qualitative research and consider the reasons researchers choose qualitative research methods for exploring a phenomenon of interest.
• Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help in the Learning Resources to help you search for other books, encyclopedias, or articles that introduce and describe qualitative research.

By Day 3

Consider the statement:

Qualitative researchers study people in their natural settings, attempting to make sense of phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them.

Using the Learning Resources and other academic sources you found, expand on this simple statement. In 3–4 paragraphs, explain several dimensions of this paradigm that make qualitative research interesting and unique. Be sure to use the terminology you are learning (including but not limited to “phenomena”, “constructivist,” and “naturalistic”), and provide historical context.

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

By Day 5

Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ posts and explain how you might see constructing phenomena differently and why. Use proper APA format and citations to support your response.

 

 

Week One Discussion Forum Guidelines

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY GRADABLE WORK IN THE FORUMS UNTIL YOU HAVE

READ AND APPLIED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

In this course, we will use headings and subheadings to help keep thoughts focused and to make sure that each element of a DQ or assignment is addressed.  Basically, the headings are just a word or short phrase related to the assignment instructions. They will also be used extensively in your dissertation work.  To help you get started, I’ve created headings for the week one task (see below).  The heading structure for all tasks in this course will be included in the weekly announcements every Sunday night. 

NOTE:  Work without the proper structure will be returned for revision and will receive a revision deduction. Just copy-and-paste the below headings into a blank document or discussion forum comment box and then add your relevant and cited content under each one. Also, be sure to use in-text citations in each section (other than reflection sections), and include references at the end.  All paragraphs must be more than three substantive and relevant sentences.

Discussion #1 Headings  (Due Wednesday)

Interesting Dimension 1 (use in-text citations to support your content)

Interesting Dimension 2   (use in-text citations to support your content)

Interesting Dimension 3  (use in-text citations to support your content)

Historical Context of Qualitative Research   (use in-text citations to support your content)

Personal Reflection(your own thoughts related to what you have read and learned.  No in-text citation is required in this section.)

References

Response post to classmates is due no later than Friday night

Discussion #2 Headings (Due Thursday)Phenomenon of Interest  – I will comment on the appropriateness of your chosen topic as a Walden dissertation topic and may ask you to revise it based on my feedback in the DQ forum.  Some examples of inappropriate study participants would include anyone under 18 or over 64, prisoners, people on certain medications, people with current mental health issues, and people known to you (family, friends, coworkers).  This is not an exhaustive list.  Some exceptions might apply.   (use in-text citations to support your content)

Experiences or Contextual Issues (use in-text citations to support your content)

Settings  (use in-text citations to support your content)

Topic Personal Connection  (use in-text citations to support your content)

Social Change  (use in-text citations to support your content)

Significance  (use in-text citations to support your content)

References

Response post to classmates is due no later than Saturday night

Please be sure to contact me if you have any questions or need further clarification.

 

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