Tom O'Donoghue

Planning Your Qualitative Research Thesis and Project

An Introduction to Interpretivist Research in Education and the Social Sciences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With new chapters and studies providing contemporary and relevant examples, this fully updated book is the perfect introductory guide for students looking to complete their first qualitative thesis or project.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780815349020
• ISBN-10: 0815349025
• Artikelnr.: 54248851

Autorenporträt

Tom O'Donoghue is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I An overview of the research process
1 Introduction
2 The general background
3 Posing the questions
4 What is theory and what is its value?
5 An example of a 'perspectives' study
6 An example of a study on how participants 'deal with' a particular phenomenon
PART II Extending the range of interpretivist studies
7 A proposal for a perspectives study
8 A proposal for a study of how people 'deal with' a phenomenon
9 A proposal for a policy study
10 A proposal for a life history study
11 A proposal for an interactionist historical study
12. Research on problem-focused proposals: Proposal No. 1
13. Research on problem-focused proposals: proposal No. 2
References
Index