For this blog I am using Paul G. Schempp’s study of the acquisition of a teacher’s knowledge to help explain the key characteristics of qualitative research.
Natural setting is the setting in which the participants are in a daily routine and the behavior being research is naturally happening. The setting the study takes place is in a rural high school, in PE classes, following a specific teacher. The research went to the high school to collect data, interviewed and observed.
In direct data collection the researcher is collecting data directly from the source. The researcher again, went to the school to collect the data himself. Data included observations, artifact and documentation analyses, video, interviews, and field notes.
Rich narrative descriptions are in-depth narrative discussion of what the behavior are occurring and the setting it is happening in. The study gives in-depth details about the findings. He goes into long direct quotes from the participant to help show the findings from the study.
Process orientation is the explaining why and how the behavior is happening. The researcher describes what pedagogical content knowledge is, then goes on to link this to the participant of the study.
Inductive data analysis happens after data is collected, analysis of the data occurs to find generalizations. The data collected in the study was analysis by first reviewing the data to determine tentative categories. Then the data was coded using the tentative scheme, and then finally a copy was present to the participant to get this comments and reactions.
Participant perspectives focus on the details of what the participants are doing and understanding of what they are doing in the context. In one part of the study the participant talks about how his perspective to his teaching, and how it links to more of his undergraduate experience. He also bases the success of the lesson on the enjoyment of the students.
Emergent research design happens as the research going on it changes and evolves into a different research design. The research during the study was constantly analyzing data he was receiving. Doing this allowed him to tailor the data that was being collected for specific themes that were emerging throughout the data collection period.
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Looks good! You're right when you say that, "participant perspectives focus on the details of what the participants are doing and understanding of what they are doing in the context." What is the context of Bob's current practice, and how did Schempp determine this?
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