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A/r/t: A Poetic Montage
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Leavy, Patricia – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
The following poetic installation reflects on the artistic-scientistic divide that permeates how research practice is carried out and assessed even within the qualitative paradigm. Some poems question the art-science dichotomy and how it shapes truth-telling practices in both research and teaching. Other poems challenge the mind-body dichotomy.…
Descriptors: Researchers, Prose, Poetry, Artists
In Indigenous Words: Exploring Vignettes as a Narrative Strategy for Presenting the Research Voices of Aboriginal Community Members
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Blodgett, Amy T.; Schinke, Robert J.; Smith, Brett; Peltier, Duke; Pheasant, Chris – Qualitative Inquiry, 2011
Recently, awareness within academia has grown regarding the incompatibilities of mainstream research with indigenous cultures as well as the historical injustices that have accrued through colonizing practices. Accordingly, support for alternative (non-Westernized) research approaches has been increasing. Participatory action research (PAR) and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Action Research, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Use of the Transformative Framework in Mixed Methods Studies
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Sweetman, David; Badiee, Manijeh; Creswell, John W. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
A concern exists that mixed methods studies do not contain advocacy stances. Preliminary evidence suggests that this is not the case, but to address this issue in more depth the authors examined 13 mixed methods studies that contained an advocacy, transformative lens. Such a lens consisted of incorporating intent to advocate for an improvement in…
Descriptors: Methods Research, Models, Research Methodology, Advocacy
Moments, Mixed Methods, and Paradigm Dialogs
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Denzin, Norman K. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
I reread the 50-year-old history of the qualitative inquiry that calls for triangulation and mixed methods. I briefly visit the disputes within the mixed methods community asking how did we get to where we are today, the period of mixed-multiple-methods advocacy, and Teddlie and Tashakkori's third methodological moment. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Models, Research Methodology, Inquiry
Transformative Mixed Methods Research
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Mertens, Donna M. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
Paradigms serve as metaphysical frameworks that guide researchers in the identification and clarification of their beliefs with regard to ethics, reality, knowledge, and methodology. The transformative paradigm is explained and illustrated as a framework for researchers who place a priority on social justice and the furtherance of human rights.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Methods Research, Educational Research, Models
Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Practice
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
This article discusses how methodological practices can shape and limit how mixed methods is practiced and makes visible the current methodological assumptions embedded in mixed methods practice that can shut down a range of social inquiry. The article argues that there is a "methodological orthodoxy" in how mixed methods is practiced…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Case Studies, Models, Methods