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- Title
Deepening Understanding in Qualitative Inquiry.
- Authors
Kerwin-Boudreau, Susan; Butler-Kisber, Lynn
- Abstract
In this paper the authors describe how the use of multiple methods of qualitative data collection over a two-year period, including interviews, concept maps and journals, and the analysis of data through visual inquiry, categorizing (constant comparison thematic analysis), and connecting (narrative analysis) provided a more comprehensive understanding of the process of evolution in college teachers' perspectives on teaching and learning within a professional development program than would have emerged with only a single method . Concept maps provided an initial visual footprint of teachers' emerging perspectives. Categorization revealed four major patterns across teachers' perspectives. Connecting the data through narrative summaries exposed a contextualized rendition of aspects of individual teachers' perspectives. Each of these three approaches offers a unique lens into qualitative data analysis, and when used together, they clarify important aspects of the phenomenon under investigation.
- Subjects
COLLEGE teachers; TEACHING research; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL education; CAREER development
- Publication
Qualitative Report, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 5, p956
- ISSN
1052-0147
- Publication type
Article