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A new paperback collection of scholarship from The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education provides practical guidance to researchers embarking on qualitative data collection and analysis in the field of American music education.
Software is cut and dried – every button you press has a predictable effect – but qualitative analysis is open ended and unfolds in unpredictable ways. This contradiction is best resolved by separating analytic strategies – what you plan to do – from software tactics – how you plan to do it. Expert NVivo users have unconsciously learned to do this. The Five-Level QDA® method unpacks the process so that you can learn it consciously and efficiently. The first part of the book explains how the contradiction between analytic strategies and software tactics is reconciled by "translating" between them. The second part provides both an in-depth description of how NVivo works and comprehe...
Poetic Inquiry: Craft, Method and Practice examines the use of poetry as a form of qualitative research, representation, and method used by researchers, practitioners, and students from across the social sciences and humanities. It serves as a practical manual for using poetry in qualitative research through the presentation of varied examples of Poetic Inquiry. It provides how-to exercises for developing and using poetry as a qualitative research method. The book begins by mapping out what doing and critiquing Poetic Inquiry entails via a discussion of the power of poetry, poets’, and researchers’ goals for the use of poetry, and the kinds of projects that are best suited for Poetic Inq...
The research process is a never-ending obstacle course for researchers. This is more difficult than ever before because of the rapid and sometimes contradictory ways in which modern cultures are evolving. Everyday life, including formal and informal connections and social trends are blurring international boundaries and growing more decoupled from offline "the truth." It's a step-by-step manual for doing research that addresses concerns like: Conceptualizing and defending the subject matter, Data gathering and analysis, having a thesis written and defended successfully, Budgeting and starting work on the project. In addition to theoretical background, it offers useful examples, recommendatio...
A radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US. Most people think hunger has to do with food: researchers, policymakers, and advocates focus on promoting government-funded nutrition assistance; well-meaning organizations try to get expired or wasted food to marginalized communities; and philanthropists donate their money to the cause and congratulate themselves for doing so. But few people ask about the structural issues undergirding hunger, such as, Who benefits from keeping people in such a state of precarity? In The Painful Truth about Hunger in America, Mariana Chilton shows that the solution to food insecurity lies far beyond food and ...
The last two decades have seen a resurgence of critical and popular attention to Virginia Woolf's life and work. Such traditional institutions as The New York Review of Books now pair her with William Shakespeare in promotional advertisements; her face is used to sell everything from Barnes & Noble books to Bass Ale. Virginia Woolf: Lesbian Readings represents the first book devoted to Woolf's lesbianism. Divided into two sections, Lesbian Intersections and Lesbian Readings of Woolf's Novels, these essays focus on how Woolf's private and public experience and knowledge of same-sex love influences her shorter fiction and novels. Lesbian Intersections includes personal narratives that trace the experience of reading Woolf through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Lesbian Readings of Woolf's Novels provides lesbian interpretations of the individual novels, including Orlando, The Waves, and The Years. Breaking new ground in our understanding of the role Woolf's love for women plays in her major writing, these essays shift the emphasis of lesbian interpretations from Woolf's life to her work.
Digital Research Methods for Translation Studies introduces digital humanities methods and tools to translation studies. This accessible book covers computer-assisted approaches to data collection, data analysis, and data visualization and presentation, offering authentic examples of these approaches in both translation studies research and projects from related fields. With a diverse range of examples featuring various contexts and language combinations to ensure relevance to a wide readership, this volume covers the strengths and limitations of computer-assisted research methods, as well as the ethical challenges specific to this kind of research. This is an essential text for advanced undergraduate and graduate translation studies students, as well as researchers looking to adopt new research methods.
The researcher's inner world is formed by his or her choice of research methodology, which considers the nature of the study and the researcher's philosophy, time frame, and other contextual factors. Furthermore, the research methodology works as the central nervous system since it limits the scope of the investigation and because proper research work necessitates that both the internal and exterior surroundings adhere to the correct research methodology procedure. Research methodologies refer to the procedures used to assemble information for studies. The data might be used for theoretical or applied studies, such as the strategic conceptualization of management research, operational planni...
RESEARCH IS HELPFUL NOT JUST FOR GENERATING NEW QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO FOR EXPANDING AND REFINING ALREADY CONCEIVED IDEAS. RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION ENCOUNTER A FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE. CONCERNS HAVE BEEN VOICED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN INDIA AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO IMPROVING IT. EXTENSIVE, IN-DEPTH RESEARCH THAT IS INFORMED BY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CENTRED ON EVIDENCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THESE QUESTIONS. THE COMPLEXITY AND SCOPE OF THE ISSUES IN EDUCATION MAKE IT DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING TO CONDUCT THE REQUIRED RESEARCH. THIS BOOK ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND STATISTICS COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING SCOPE, REVIEW OF LITERATURE, PROBLEM ...