Varieties of Qualitative Research Methods: Selected Contextual Perspectives

481 Pages·2023·11.362 MB·English

by  Janet Mola Okoko, Scott Tunison, Keith D. Walker

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Varieties of
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Research Methods
Selected Contextual Perspectives
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Varieties of Qualitative
Research Methods
Selected Contextual Perspectives
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Janet Mola Okoko Scott Tunison
Department of Educational Administration, Department of Educational Administration,
College of Education College of Education
University of Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Keith D. Walker
Department of Educational Administration
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
ISSN 2366-7672 ISSN 2366-7680 (electronic)
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Editor at Springer Nature for their guidance that has led to
the publication of this edited book. Of course, the volume editors are particularly
thankful for the keen and capable support of the contributing authors of the 75
chapters who kindly accepted our invitations to provide chapter(s) for this volume
and who have waited patiently as we have assembled the chapters. All three editors
of this book acknowledge the support of their Department of Educational Adminis-
tration at the University of Saskatchewan colleagues whose confidence and support
for this project provided some helpful and enabling funding. Our students and
networks of colleagues from around the world are owed our acknowledgement.
We would like to acknowledge Wilfred Beckford, Grant Dougall, Marsha Ree
Lawrance, Coralee Pringle, and Nana Prempe for supporting us with the logistics
and editorial work.
Janet wishes to thank everyone who has supported her academic pursuits, espe-
cially those who have shaped the way she thinks and does research and more
so those who have enabled her to pursue her passion for practitioner-oriented
research.
Scott is thankful to his wife, Leslie, for her constant support and encour-
agement. He also acknowledges the contribution of his colleagues and graduate
students to the thinking and discussions that prompted the creation of this book,
as well as for sharing their expertise by contributing chapters to this collection.
Keith is grateful for the steadfast encouragement of his wife, Viv. He is also
mindful of the ongoing work of his many doctoral and masters students who
have prompted and promoted his own explorations of a wide variety of qualitative
methods. These colleagues have accompanied Keith on many adventures and their
“trying out” many approaches to inquiry over the last 30 or more years.
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Contents
1 Introduction to a Variety of Qualitative Research Methods ......... 1
Janet Mola Okoko, Scott Tunison, and Keith D. Walker
2 Action Research .................................................... 9
Janet Mola Okoko
3 Actor-Network Theory ............................................. 15
Marguerite Koole
4 Affinity Research Approach ........................................ 21
Mary A. Otieno
5 Appreciative Inquiry ............................................... 29
Keith D. Walker
6 Archival Research .................................................. 35
Connor Brenna
7 Arts-Based Inquiry ................................................. 41
Janet Mola Okoko
8 Asset Mapping ...................................................... 47
Keith D. Walker
9 Autoethnography ................................................... 53
Lee B. Murray
10 Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method ......................... 59
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Bernadette Mendes
11 Case Study .......................................................... 67
Thomas Ndame
12 Coding Qualitative Data ............................................ 73
Marla Rogers
13 Comparative Analysis .............................................. 79
Kenisha Blair-Walcott
14 Content Analysis ................................................... 85
Scott Tunison
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15 Critical Ethnography ............................................... 91
Janet Mola Okoko and Nana Prempeh
16 Critical Race Theory ............................................... 97
Maha Kumaran
17 Critical Theory ..................................................... 103
Michael Cottrell
18 Cultural Domain Analysis .......................................... 109
Laila Albughayl and Wilfred Beckford
19 Decolonizing Methodologies: A Pacific Island Lens ................. 115
Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga
20 Decolonizing Autoethnography ..................................... 121
Ranjan Datta and Jebunnessa Chapola
21 Deliberative Public Engagement .................................... 127
Margot Hurlbert
22 Discursive Positioning .............................................. 133
Sachi Edwards
23 Document Analysis ................................................. 139
Benjamin Kutsyuruba
24 Duo-ethnographic Methodology .................................... 147
Jacqueline Kirk and Ayodeji Osiname
25 Electronic Delphi Method .......................................... 155
Keith D. Walker
26 Embodied Research Methodologies ................................. 161
Lucen Liu
27 Ethnomethodology ................................................. 167
Thomas Ndame
28 Fa’afaletui Framework ............................................. 173
Fuapepe Rimoni
29 Facet Theory Research Approach .................................. 177
Mary A. Otieno
30 Feminist Autoethnography ......................................... 185
Jebunnessa Chapola and Ranjan Datta
31 Focus Groups ....................................................... 191
Janet Mola Okoko
32 Force-Field Analysis ................................................ 197
Keith D. Walker
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33 Grounded Theory .................................................. 203
Thomas Ndame
34 Harnessing Insights with NVivo .................................... 209
Rachel Tang
35 Hermeneutics ....................................................... 217
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Sheila McWatters
36 Hermeneutic Phenomenology ....................................... 225
Lorraine Godden and Benjamin Kutsyuruba
37 Indigenous Métissage ............................................... 231
Roberta Campbell-Chudoba
38 Indigenous Participatory Action Research (PAR) ................... 237
Ranjan Datta
39 Interpretation and Expert Panels ................................... 243
Keith D. Walker
40 Interpretive Analysis ............................................... 249
Leanne Kadyschuk
41 Interpretive Description ............................................ 257
Coralee Pringle-Nelson
42 Institutional Ethnography .......................................... 263
Samuel Agyei Agyare and Janet Mola Okoko
43 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis .......................... 269
Vicki Squires
44 Kakala Research Framework ....................................... 275
Seu’ula Johansson-Fua
45 Kaupapa Ma¯ori ..................................................... 281
Adreanne Ormond
46 Life History Narrative .............................................. 287
Kareen Reid and Janet Mola Okoko
47 Manual Transcription .............................................. 295
Rachel Tang
48 Melanesian Tok Stori Research ..................................... 303
Kabini Sanga and Martyn Reynolds
49 Métissage ........................................................... 309
Roberta Campbell-Chudoba
50 Metaphor Analysis ................................................. 317
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Jodi Basch
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51 Narrative Inquiry ................................................... 325
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Rebecca Stroud Stasel
52 Naturalistic Decision-Making Method .............................. 333
Darcia Roache and S. Bruce Thomson
53 Nominal Group Research ........................................... 341
Mary A. Otieno
54 Observational Study ................................................ 351
Scott Tunison
55 Online Focus Groups ............................................... 359
Dirk Morrison
56 Participatory Learning and Action ................................. 365
Tenneisha Nelson
57 Phenomenography .................................................. 371
Marguerite Koole
58 Phenomenological Studies .......................................... 377
Thomas Ndame
59 Photo Elicitation Interviews ........................................ 383
Liyun Wendy Choo
60 Photo Voice ......................................................... 389
Keith D. Walker
61 Portraiture ......................................................... 395
Beverley Brenna
62 Qualitative Longitudinal Research ................................. 401
Pei-Ying Lin
63 Realist Analysis ..................................................... 407
Daniel Couch
64 Reception Theory ................................................... 413
Vanessa Ellis Colley
65 Reflective Journaling ............................................... 419
Sachi Edwards
66 Reflexive Bracketing ................................................ 425
Vicki Squires
67 Rhizoanalysis ....................................................... 431
Shelley Kokorudz
68 Situational Analysis/SWOT ......................................... 439
Thomas Ndame