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Publication Date: 2023-Jul
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Reflexive Quality Criteria: Questions and Indicators for Purpose-Driven Special Education Qualitative Research
Banks, Joy; González, Taucia; Mueller, Carlyn; Pacheco, Mariana; Scott, LaRon A.; Trainor, Audrey A.
Exceptional Children, v89 n4 p449-466 Jul 2023
Qualitative research (QR) has gained visibility and acceptance in the field of special education due to early efforts to identify quality indicators focused on technical and methodological aspects of QR. Whereas these indicators focused on credibility and trustworthiness of data, this article articulates additional QR quality indicators to enhance the value and power of researcher reflexivity as a means to expand the capacity of purpose- and equity-driven special education research. First, the need for reflexivity criteria is addressed. Next, reflexivity criteria are operationalized in key questions that engage researchers in self-reflection: (a) Why do QR? (b) By whom, for whom, and with whom is QR being conducted? and (c) Who is affected by the benefits and costs of QR? These questions encourage researchers to grapple with the complexity of experiences, outcomes, and structures associated with special education and ultimately advance more equitable policy and practice. [This article was written by the QR Collective.]
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Special Education, Educational Indicators, Credibility, Evaluation Criteria, Reflection, Bias, Power Structure, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Ideology, Research Problems, Educational Researchers
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Language: English
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