Required Reading

Please study:

• Case study, page 35; 
• Ethnography, page 41;
• Grounded Theory, page 45;
• Interviews and Focus Groups, Page 48;
• Narrative Research, Page 55.

 

of Farrow, R., Iniesto, F., Weller, M. & Pitt., R. (2020). The GO-GN Research Methods Handbook. Open Education Research Hub. The Open University, UK. CC-BY 4.0. http://go-gn.net/gogn_outputs/research-methods-handbook/. Although the examples in this book are about research methods in education, the general principles are the same.

Recommended Reading

If you want to know more we recommend any of the following books:

Open Textbooks:

• Mayring, Ph. (2014). Qualitative content analysis. Theoretical foundation, basic procedures and software solution (free download via Social Science Open Access Repository SSOAR, URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-395173 )

Closed Textbooks:

• Bradley, E. H., Curry, L. A., & Devers, K. J. (2007). Qualitative data analysis for health services research: developing taxonomy, themes, and theory. Health services research, 42(4), 1758-1772.
• Chism, N. V. N., Douglas, E., & Hilson Jr, W. J. (2008). Qualitative research basics: A guide for engineering educators. Rigorous Research in Engineering Education NSF DUE-0341127.
• Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2014). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. Sage publications.
• Fossey, E., Harvey, C., McDermott, F., & Davidson, L. (2002). Understanding and evaluating qualitative research. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36(6), 717-732.
• Kelly, K., & Bowe, B. (2011). Qualitative research in engineering education. Qualitative Research, 2011, 06-01.
• Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook. Sage.
• Pope, C., & Mays, N. (2006). Qualitative methods in health research. Qualitative research in health care, 3, 1-11.
• Saldaña, J. (2015). The coding manual for qualitative researchers. Sage.
• Silverman, D. (2013). Doing qualitative research: A practical handbook. SAGE publications limited.
• Vollstedt, M., & Rezat, S. (2019). An introduction to grounded theory with a special focus on axial coding and the coding paradigm. Compendium for Early Career Researchers in Mathematics Education, 81-100.