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EPSY 6280: Qualitative Research in Education: Required Readings

Useful library resources for EPSY 6280, Dr. Nicole Sankofa

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Required Readings for EPSY 6280

Article Title: Developing qualitative coding frameworks for educational research: immigration, education and the Children Crossing Borders project. Authors: Adair, Jennifer Keys and Pastori, Giulia, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, April 2011, vol. 34, issue 1, p31-47

Article Title: Qualitative analysis on stage: making the research process more public. Authors: Anfara, Jr. V.A., Brown, K.M. & Mangione, T.L., Educational Researcher, 2002, 31, p28-38

Article Title: The development of an efficient technique for collecting and analyzing qualitative data: the analysis of critical incidents., Authors: Angelides, P., International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2001, 14(3), 429-442

Article Title: Qualitative Studies in Special Education., Authors: Brantlinger, E., Jimenez, R., Klinger, J., Pugach, M. & Richardson, Exceptional Children, 2005, 71, 2, p195-207

Article Title: Using thematic analysis in psychology. Authors: Braun, V. & Clarke, V, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2006, 3, 77-101

Article Title: Insider-Outsider: Researchers in American Indian Communities. Authors: Brayboy, B., & Deyhle, D., 2000. Theory Into Practice, 39(3), 163

Article Title: Combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies in research on teachers’ lives, work and effectiveness: From integration to synergy., Authors: Day, C., Sammons, P. & Gu, Q., 2008, Educational Researcher, 37, 6, 330-342

Article Title: Conducting Successful Interviews: Tips for Intrepid Research., Authors: Dilley, P. Theory Into Practice, 2000, 39(3), 131

Article Title: Transcription tales or let not love's labour be lost., Authors: Downs, Y., International Journal Of Research & Method In Education, 2010, 33(1), 101-112.

Article Title: Grasping at methodological understanding: a cautionary tale from insider research., Authors: Drake, P., International Journal Of Research & Method In Education, 2010, 33(1), 85-99

Article Title: Negotiating the swamp: The opportunity and challenge of reflexivity in research practice, Authors: Finlay, L., Qualitative Research, 2002, 2(2), 209-230

Article Title: Standards of evidence in qualitative research: An incitement to discourse., Authors: Freeman, M., deMarrais, K. Preisle, J., Roulston, K. & St. Pierre, E .A., Educational Researcher, 2007, 36(1), 25-32

Article Title: The usefulness of qualitative case studies in research on special needs education. Authors: Ghesquière, P., Maes, B., & Vandenberghe, R., International Journal Of Disability, Development & Education, 2004, 51(2), 171-184

Article Title: Mixed-methods research. Positivism dressed in drag?, Authors: Giddings, L. S., Journal of Research in Nursing, 2006, 11(3), 195-203.

Article Title: The generative potential of mixed methods inquiry, Authors: Greene, J. C., International Journal Of Research & Method In Education, 2005, 28(2), 207-211

Article Title: Ethics, reflexivity, and "Ethically important moments" in research., Authors: Guillemin, M. & Gillam, L. Qualitative Inquiry, 2004, 10(2), 261-280

Article Title: The issue of quality in qualitative research., Authors: Hammersley, M., International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2007, 30(3), 287-305

Article Title: Measuring the impact of professional development on science teaching and interview protocols., Authors: Heath, B. Lakshmanan, A., Perlmutter, A. & Davis, L., International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2010, 33, (1), 3-20

Article Title: Researchers, Reflexivity, and Good Data: Writing to Unlearn. Authors: Kleinsasser, A. M., Theory Into Practice, 2000, 39(3), 155

Article Title: Ethics in Qualitative Research: Multicultural Feminist Activist Research. Authors: Knight, M.G., Theory Into Practice, 2000, 39(3), 170

Article Title: Analyzing Qualitative Data., Authors: LeCompte, M. D., Theory Into Practice, 2000, 39(3), 146

Article Title: Using numbers in qualitative research. Authors: Maxwell, J. A. Qualitative Inquiry, 2010, 16(6), 475-482

Article Title: Quality and trustworthiness in qualitative research in counseling psychology. Authors: Morrow, S. L. Journal Of Counseling Psychology, 2005, 52(2), 250-260

Article Title: The Problems with Interviews, Authors: Nunkoosing, K., Qualitative Health Research, 2005, 15(5), 698-706

Article Title: Qualitative interviews in psychology: problems and possibilities. Authors: Potter, J., & Hepburn, A., Qualitative Research In Psychology, 2005, 2(4), 281-307

Article Title: Deconstructing the Portrayals of Haitian Women in the Media: A Thematic Analysis of Images in the Associated Press Photo Archive. Authors: Rendón, M., & Nicolas, G., Psychology Of Women Quarterly, 2012, 36(2), 227-239

Article Title: Considering quality in qualitative interviewing. Authors: Roulston, K., Qualitative Research, 2010, 10(2), 199-228

Article Title: Resolving the quantitative–qualitative dilemma: a critical realist approach. Authors: Scott, D. International Journal Of Research & Method In Education, 2007, 30(1), 3-17

Article Title: Qualitative research methods. Authors: Sofaer, S., International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 14(4), 329-336

Article Title: A general inductive approach for analyzing qualitative evaluation data., Authors: Thomas, D. R., American Journal of Evaluation, 2006, 27(2), 237-246

Article Title: The point of triangulation., Authors: Thurmond, V. A., Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2001, 33, (3), 253-258

Baxter, P., & Jack, S. (2008). Qualitative case study methodology: Study design and implementation for novice researchers. The Qualitative Report, 13(4), 544.

Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research. Qualitative Inquiry,12(2), 219-245

A. Guion, Lisa. (2002). Triangulation: Establishing the Validity of Qualitative Studies. - excel file (xlsx) (not an article)

Shenton, A. K. (2004). Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Education for Information, 22(2), 63-75.

Ryan, F., Coughlan, M. & Cronin, P. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(12), 738-744.

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Boote, D. N., & Beile, P. (2005). Scholars before researchers: On the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation. Educational Researcher, 34(6), 3–15.
Dilley, P. (1999). Queer theory: Under construction. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12(5), 457–472.
Ercikan, K., & Roth, W.M. (2006). What good is polarizing research into qualitative and quantitative? Educational Researcher, 35(5), 14–23.
Errante, A. (2000). But sometimes you’re not part of the story: Oral histories and ways of remembering and telling. Educational Researcher, 29(2), 16–27.
Gordon, T., Lahelma, E., Hynninen, P., Metso, T., Palmu, T., & Tolonen, T. (1999). Learning the routines: “Professionalization” of newcomers in secondary school. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12(6), 689–705.
Greckhamer, T., & Koro-Ljungberg, M. (2005). The erosion of a method: Examples from grounded theory. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 18(6), 729–750.
Hatton, E. (1997). Teacher educators and the production of bricoleurs: An ethnographic study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 10(2), 237–258.
Jacob, E., & White, C. S. (2002). Editor's introduction. Educrese Educational Researcher, 31(8), 3.
Jeffrey, B., & Troman, G. (2004). Time for ethnography. British Educational Research Journal, 30(4), 535–548.
Jenkins, J. R., Dale, P. S., Mills, P. E., & Cole, K. N. (2006). How special education preschool graduates finish: Status at 19 years of age. American Educational Research Journal, 43(4), 737–781.
Jones, A. (1999). The limits of cross-cultural dialogue: Pedagogy, desire, and absolution in the classroom. Educational Theory, 49(3), 299–316.
Jones, S. R. (2002). (Re)writing the word: Methodological strategies and issues in qualitative research. Journal of College Student Development, 43(4), 461–73.
King, J. (1999). Am not! Are too! Using queer standpoint in postmodern critical ethnography. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12(5), 473–490.
Knupfer, A. M. (1996). Ethnographic studies of children: The difficulties of entry, rapport, and presentations of their worlds. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 9(2), 135–150.
Ladson-Billings, G. (1998). Just what is critical race theory and what’s it doing in a nice field like education? International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 11(1), 7–24.
Lather, P. (1986a). Issues of validity in openly ideological research: Between a rock and a soft place. Interchange : A Quarterly Review of Education, 17(4), 63–84.
Lather, P. (1986b). Research as praxis. Harvard Educational Review, 56(3), 257–278.
Lather, P. (1993). Fertile obsession: Validity after poststructuralism. TSQ Sociological Quarterly, 34(4), 673–693.
Lather, P. (1998). Critical pedagogy and its complicities: A praxis of stuck places. Educational Theory, 48(4), 487–97.
Lather, P. (2004). This is your father’s paradigm: Government intrusion and the case of qualitative research in education. Qualitative Inquiry, 10(1), 15–34.
Lather, P. (2006). Paradigm proliferation as a good thing to think with: Teaching research in education as a wild profusion. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19(1), 35–57.
Lather, P., & Moss, P. A. (2005). Introduction: Implications of the Scientific Research in Education report for qualitative inquiry. Teachers College Record, 107(1), 1–3. Only available in print. 
Lincoln, Y. (1995). Emerging criteria for quality in qualitative and interpretive research. Qualitative Inquiry, 1(3), 275–289.
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378.
Nespor, J. (2006). Morphologies of inquiry: The uses and spaces of paradigm proliferation. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19(1), 115–128.
Nespor, J., & Groenke, S. (2009). Ethics, problem framing, and training in qualitative inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(6), 996–1012.
Parker, L. (1998). Race is race ain’t’: An exploration of the utility of critical race theory in qualitative research in education. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 11(1), 43–55.
Lather, P. (2008). (Post)Feminist methodology getting lost OR a scientificity we can bear to learn from. International Review of Qualitative Research, 1(1), 55–64.
Peshkin, A. (2000). The nature of interpretation in qualitative research. Educational Researcher, 29(9), 5–9.
Pierre, E. A. S. (2000). Poststructural feminism in education: An overview. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 13(5), 477–515.
Rolon-Dow, R. (2005). Critical care: A color(full) analysis of care narratives in the schooling experiences of Puerto Rican girls. American Educational Research Journal, 42(1), 77–111.
Roulson, K. (2001). Data analysis and “theorizing as ideology.” Qualitative Research, 1(3), 279–302.
Scheurich, J. J. (1996). The masks of validity: A deconstructive investigation. International journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 9(1), 49–60.
Scheurich, J. J., & Young, M. D. (1997). Coloring epistemologies: Are our research epistemologies racially biased? Educational Researcher, 26(4), 4–16.
Smith, J. K. (1992). Interpretive inquiry: A practical and moral activity. Theory Into Practice, 31(2), 100–106.
St. Pierre, E. A. (1997). Methodology in the fold and the irruption of transgressive data. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 10(2), 175–189.
Torrance, H. (2008). Building confidence in qualitative research: Engaging the demands of policy. Qualitative Inquiry, 14(4), 507–527.

 

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