Mona J E Danner, J Worth Pickering, Tisha M Paredes

Using Focus Groups to Listen, Learn, and Lead in Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents an easy-to-use 6-step guide to help leaders in higher education listen to and learn from their stakeholders in order to enhance decision making. This is a comprehensive and practical resource that describes why, when, and how to use focus groups. Conversational vignettes illustrate the discussions that regularly occur in each step and help the reader better understand the process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781620365960
• ISBN-10: 1620365960
• Artikelnr.: 49461748

Autorenporträt

Mona J.E. Danner is Professor and Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. Dr. Danner has also served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Director of the MA in Applied Sociology and the PhD in Criminology & Criminal Justice programs, and has been active in service at all levels throughout the university including working with focus groups across campus. Social inequalities, crime control policies, and globalization comprise her teaching and research interests. She has published in those fields and presented research at conferences throughout the U.S., in Europe, Latin America, and Australia, and at the NGO Forum held in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Women in 1995 in Beijing, China. Dr. Danner has also published op-eds and been featured in television and radio interviews and been quoted by the popular print media. J. Worth Pickering retired as Assistant Vice President for Assessment at Old Dominion University where he worked for more 30 years. He now works for ODU as a part-time consultant. Prior to his appointment as AVP, he held the position of Director of Assessment and has also worked in Student Services Research and served in the Counseling Center as a career counselor. Dr. Pickering co-led the development of the focus group process at ODU over the last 20 years and has led a variety of focus group projects in which we have conducted more than 100 focus groups during that time. Dr. Pickering has taught graduate courses in career development and student development as well as research and assessment at ODU. His primary research interests are in the areas of student success and student learning. In addition to his work at ODU, Dr. Pickering regularly consults with other institutions and conducts workshops at regional and national conferences. He has published articles and book chapters in the areas of student learning, student success, and assessment. Tisha M. Paredes is Assistant Vice

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jillian Kinzie Preface Acknowledgments 1. Exploring the Big
Questions in Higher Education. Access, Affordability, Accountability 2.
Using Focus Groups to Listen, Learn, and Lead. The ODU Method for
Conducting Focus Groups 3. Step #1. Develop a Research Proposal, Define the
Purpose, and Write Research Questions. To Do or Not to Do a Focus Group 4.
Step #2. Select Participants and Subsets of Participants. Choose Wisely 5.
Step #3. Design the Moderator's Guide. A Cookbook Approach 6. Step #4.
Select and Train the Moderators. The Research Tool 7. Step #5. Conduct the
Focus Groups. It's All About Logistics 8. Step #6. Analyze the Data and
Report the Results. So What Does it All Mean? 9. The Best Laid Plans. When
to Just Say "No" or to Create Plans B Through E Appendices References Index