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How Many Interviews Are Enough to Identify Metathemes in Multisited and Cross-Cultural Research? Another Perspective on Guest, Bunce, and Johnson's (2006) Landmark Study
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Hagaman, Ashley K.; Wutich, Amber – Field Methods, 2017
There is much debate over the number of interviews needed to reach data saturation for themes and metathemes in qualitative research. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the number of interviews needed to reach data saturation for metathemes in multisited and cross-cultural research. The analysis is based on a cross-cultural study on…
Descriptors: Interviews, Data Collection, Qualitative Research, Cross Cultural Studies
Accelerating Tacit Knowledge Building of Client-Facing Consultants: Can Organizations Better Support These Learning Processes?
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McQueen, Robert J.; Janson, Annick – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to examine factors which influence how tacit knowledge is built and applied by client-facing consultants. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative methods (interviews, thematic analysis) were used to gather and analyse data from 15 consultants in an agricultural extension context. Findings: Twenty-six factors about how…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Rural Extension
Changing the Logic of Practice: (Re)Drawing Boundaries, (Re)Defining Fields
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Smith, Wayne – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2012
Background: The relationship between sport and exercise science (SES) and health and physical education (HPE) has been of interest to those of us involved in the general field of human movement studies in higher education for at least the last four decades. Purpose: The purpose of this research was to determine how the proposed merging of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Design, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Designing Knowledge Building Communities in Secondary Schools
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Lai, Kwok-Wing – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2014
In 2012-2013, sixteen senior secondary classes participated in this study, with eight of them being distance classes. Approximately 220 Year 11-13 students and 8 teachers took part in this study. This project aimed at designing and evaluating a computer-supported knowledge building community in senior secondary classes. Researchers sought to…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
An Australian and New Zealand Scoping Study on the Use of 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds in Higher Education
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Dalgarno, Barney; Lee, Mark J. W.; Carlson, Lauren; Gregory, Sue; Tynan, Belinda – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This article describes the research design of, and reports selected findings from, a scoping study aimed at examining current and planned applications of 3D immersive virtual worlds at higher education institutions across Australia and New Zealand. The scoping study is the first of its kind in the region, intended to parallel and complement a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment
A Didactic Analysis of Content Development during the Peer Teaching Tasks of a Sport Education Season
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Wallhead, Tristan; O'Sullivan, Mary – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2007
Background: Research on Sport Education (SE) has shown the curriculum model to be effective in motivating students to undertake specific role responsibilities and engage in the student-led tasks of the curriculum. Despite this level of engagement, emerging evidence suggests that student leadership within the peer teaching tasks of the curriculum…
Descriptors: Research Design, Physical Education, Research Methodology, Data Analysis