{"id":573,"date":"2018-10-26T22:42:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T05:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/?p=573"},"modified":"2018-10-26T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:24:35","slug":"unit-6-qualitative-research-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/unit-6-qualitative-research-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 6 – Qualitative Research Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note that all tables referenced in this blog post are from Plano Clark & Creswell (2015).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Article Link: Sturm (2009)<\/a><\/p>\n

Having had the opportunity this week to delve further into Qualitative research and to read more of Plano Clark & Creswell (2015), I decided to return to my first article, Principles of Servant-Leadership in Community Health Nursing\u00a0by researcher Bonnie Sturm (2009) \u00a0in order to study it with a fresh perspective.<\/p>\n

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Plano Clark & Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Part B<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Plano Clark & Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

Part C<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Plano Clark & Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

Part D<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a consumer of research reports, the most important aspects I will need to consider in the methods and findings sections of a high quality qualitative research report are:<\/p>\n

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  • What type of research is being conducted (narrative, case study, ethnographic, grounded theory)<\/li>\n
  • Whether the research focuses on a particular phenomenon of interest or a story of either an individual or a few individuals<\/li>\n
  • Evidence of respect for and ethical treatment towards all participants<\/li>\n
  • Understand and define the sampling of data (whether it is probability or purposeful)<\/li>\n
  • Are there clearly defined themes\/sub-themes and has the researcher coded them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I am still a work in progress in learning how to better read, understand and evaluate both quantitative and qualitative research studies. However, I definitely feel much more confident and familiar with qualitative reports than I do with quantitative. \u00a0Qualitative research studies are very applicable to education. \u00a0By conducting case studies and observations of small groups of students\/teachers\/administrators; \u00a0educators can gain a wealth of knowledge about classroom management, classroom set-up, student learning disabilities, relationships between staff and administrators, staff and students to name just a few. Important themes can be identified as well as the relationships between them and be explored further.<\/p>\n

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    Image courtesy of www.themontessorimessage.net<\/p><\/div>\n

    What I have learned the past couple of weeks isn’t necessarily about qualitative research. Life circumstances and the course content have caused me to be self reflective about my own practice.\u00a0I believe that I will be a better leader in my Department as well as a better teacher after having completed these lessons\/this course for the following reasons:<\/p>\n

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    • Learning is a lifetime process. We are never done.\n
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      • This is something that I want my Grade 12’s to understand as they transition from high school.<\/li>\n
      • This also applies to the members of my Department and myself as a teacher. There is always new curriculum to learn, and new and improved ways of doing things. It is detrimental to our own growth and those around us if we remain stagnant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Learning isn’t always easy and doesn’t always come naturally.\n
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        • The past two weeks have been extra difficult. \u00a0The material is brand new to me and has taken me much longer to absorb than usual. \u00a0I began to get extremely discouraged and as the work piled up due to work (parent\/teacher interview nights, overnight professional development conferences, facilitating school workshops, after school volleyball coaching) and family obligations, I began to feel like I would never catch up. It was an overwhelming feeling, especially when I found the content to be difficult to grasp.<\/li>\n
        • This experience was a great reminder to me of why\/how some students want to give up and why they stop coming to class. When students begin to feel, “What’s the point, I’m so far behind now” or “Why bother, I don’t even understand it” I can better relate now to that feeling and I don’t ever want my students to feel so overwhelmed that they want to give up. \u00a0I will be adjusting my teaching practice even further as a result. \u00a0I would rather have a student feel successful learning \u00a0smaller portions at a time, than feeling so burdened \u00a0down with work and burnt out that they give up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Focus on strengths first.\n
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          • Dr. Strong’s comments on our blogs are always very encouraging and she refers to each of our comments in her weekly summation blog post. It is a great reminder of how important it is to focus on strengths first<\/em> instead of the things each of us need to improve upon.<\/li>\n
          • This is encouraging and motivating and a great example of servant leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            I have two questions for you, one related to the topic this week and another simply out of curiosity.<\/p>\n

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            • In your line of work, which is the design type that you would most likely use for qualitative research? Please refer to the extensive list on page 289 in Plano Clark & Creswell (2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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              • What is your biggest take away so far in this course? What have you learned about yourself as an individual and as a leader?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                References<\/p>\n

                Plano-Clark, V. & Creswell, J. (2015). Understanding research: A consumer\u2019s guide<\/em>. (2nd Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.<\/p>\n

                Sturm, B. A. (2009). Principles of servant-leadership in community health nursing: management issues and behaviors discovered in ethnographic research. Home Health Care Management & Practice<\/i>, 21<\/i>(2), 82\u201389.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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