analyzing research qualitative
Analyzing Qualitative Research
Read Teachers as Architects of Transformation: The Change Process of an Elementary School Teacher in a Practitioner Research Group (Vetter, 2012). You are analyzing the piece so there may be both admirable and questionable qualities to this work.
In 2-3 pages, answer the following questions:
- What type of qualitative research does this article represent? Why?
- What patterns or themes did the researcher discover?
- How was the study credible and trustworthy?
Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.
Use chapter 3 and chapter 11 in Understanding Education Research: A Guide to Critical Reading (Shank, Brown, & Pringle, 2018) if you need additional help analyzing Vetter’s article.
Reference
Vetter, A. (2012). Teachers as architects of transformation: The change process of an elementary school teacher in a practitioner research group. Teacher Education Quarterly, 39(1), 27-49. doi: 10.1080/00220671.1993.9941151
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Textbook Reading
Fundamentals of Education Research (McMillan, 2015)
- Chapter 11: Qualitative Research Design
- Chapter 12: Qualitative Data Collection, Analysis, and Credibility
- Chapter 5: Participants and Sampling
Understanding Education Research: A Guide to Critical Reading (Shank, Brown, & Pringle, 2018)
- Chapter 3: Basic Approaches in Educational Research, pages 19-26 only
- Review this chapter. This is a quick, easy overview of the use of educational statistics in research.
- Chapter 11: Understanding Qualitative Results and Findings
- Skim this chapter, which will help you with the article critique assignment for this week.
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Read
- Understanding and Validity in Qualitative Research (Maxwell, 1992) [Web page]
- Teachers as Architects of Transformation: The Change Process of an Elementary School Teacher in a Practitioner Research Group (Vetter, 2012) [Web page]
- First Person Reserved Handout
(Concordia University – Portland, n.d.-d) [PDF]
