This book presents a discussion of qualitative research in this, our late postmodern era. Interviews with key influential scholars represent the apex of autobiographical research. Gathered here are voices of giants in the field, along with additional critical perspectives. The text discusses qualitative and quantitative research, chronicles the colonial and postcolonial nature of qualitative research and identifies qualitative research within Five Contexts, developed by Cooper and White. These contexts offer a major contribution to thinking about research and research paradigms. This volume offers succinct summations of qualitative research with respect to our late postmodern era. Commentary, summary, (auto)biography and video-clips of current and late scholars provide a complete rendition of the current state of qualitative research. This volume will assist understanding, managing and effecting practices and procedures relating to qualitative research. We seek to know who the researcher is within the research account and how researchers relate to the research at hand. Thus, we can learn from many of the researchers represented in this volume who have helped develop the entire paradigm of qualitative research. Much has changed over the past decade and this volume attests to the relevance of these changes. Qualitative research has changed dramatically in terms of how research is represented, understood and interpreted. The field has never been more dynamic that it is at this moment. There are deep sea changes in research, as both qualitative and quantitative research are developing vocabularies better suited to research of any kind, and as qualitative research continues to develop a vocabulary distinct from its quantitative counterpart. Some of these changes can be seen in the advancement of post-colonial and non-colonial research. Additionally, there are numerous and frequent tensions within the entire field of research, both qualitative and quantitative, that offer opportunities not previously encountered.

Provides video-interviews with key influential scholars Situates qualitative research alongside quantitative research Offers conceptual framework of the Five Contexts, developed by Cooper and White Additional multimedia content accessible in browser or via SN More Media App

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Karyn Cooper is a Professor in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto, Canada. At the heart of her work is the belief that looking critically at personal and ethical issues may support and enhance inclusion, equity and democratic practice. Some of her books include Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era - Volume I , and Critical issues in Education: Citizen documentary in the digital age . Her current research (Critics Choice Award, American Study Association) gathered in a two-volume set of texts features video interviews with many of the giants in the field of qualitative research and/or critical perspectives across the social sciences and humanities.

Robert E. White has taught extensively in public school across Canada for over twenty years. Since 2003, he has taught and researched at St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto (OISE), Dr.White is currently a Senior Research Professor associated with the Faculty of Education at St Francis Xavier University. Dr. White's research interests focus on a number of topics, including educational administration and policy, postmodernity and globalization, qualitative research methodologies, and critical pedagogy. Dr. White is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Leadership in Education. Publications include Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era - Volume I, (2012) and Democracy and Its Discontents: Critical Literacy across Global Contexts (2015). An international scholar, Dr. White has also received numerous Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants to pursue his research. In 2013, he received the President's Research Award, granted by St. Francis Xavier University.

Inhalt

Chapter One: Towards Understanding Research.- Chapter Two: The Qualitative (R)Evolution.- Chapter Three: The (Auto)Biographical Context.- Chapter Four: The Historical Context.- Chapter Five: The Political Context.- Chapter Six: The Postmodern Context.- Chapter Seven: The Philosophical Context.- Chapter Eight: The Art and Practice of Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era.- Chapter Nine: Changing the dialogue through multiple perspectives.- Chapter Ten: Final Thoughts on Qualitative Research.