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Gillen, Norman; Bhattacharya, Kakali – Qualitative Report, 2013
This article is a response to calls for more first-person accounts from researchers using narrative formats to interpret data. The authors examine the practice of ethnodrama as a means of exploring and analyzing the experiences of a Latina public-school student in a small South Texas coastal town during the 1950s and 1960s as she attempted to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Females, Student Experience, Personal Narratives
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Maxwell, Gerri Marie; Locke, Leslie Ann; Scheurich, James Joseph – Qualitative Report, 2013
For this qualitative case study (Patton, 2003), we used narrative inquiry (Erlandson, Harris, Skipper, & Allen, 1993) and sought to analyze extended interviews and field notes based on interactions with three rural superintendents working in high-needs, public PK-12 school districts in Texas. We collected data with regard to these…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Superintendents, Rural Schools, Public Schools
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Hermanns, Melinda; Mastel-Smith, Beth – Qualitative Report, 2012
A common definition of caregiving does not exist. In an attempt to define the concept of caregiving, the authors used a hybrid qualitative model of concept development to analyze caregiving. The model consists of three phases: (a) theoretical, (b) fieldwork, and (c) analytical. The theoretical phase involves conducting an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Definitions, Concept Formation, Semi Structured Interviews
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Palmer, Elyn McReynolds – Qualitative Report, 2014
This ethnographic compilation is the result of a course exercise in qualitative research. A current student of Texas Tech University interviewed an 87-year old faculty member from the 1950s, comparing her experiences to those of the author in similar, present-day academic environments. The author developed the format of the paper as letters…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Womens Education, Womens Studies, Women Faculty
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Gonzalez, Liza Estella; Brown, Michelle Stallone; Slate, John R. – Qualitative Report, 2008
In this study, the researchers investigated public school teacher attrition in the State of Texas. The study examined the problem by focusing on the predominant reasons teachers give for leaving the profession after working only one year as a teacher. Eight persons who had left the teaching profession after one year teaching were contacted and…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Qualitative Research
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Brodie, Lee – Qualitative Report, 2004
During the summer of 2002, thirty-one medieval frescoes went on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University, the only venue in the world for this extraordinary exhibition. This paper summarizes a qualitative research study that focused on the experiences of three visitors to the Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican Museums Collection exhibition.…
Descriptors: Museums, Painting (Visual Arts), Exhibits, Experience