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This article addresses a single aspect of narrative research: the construction of narratives as representations of research studies, using literary elements and devices common to nonfiction and fiction texts. The authors discuss these elements and use four narratives to illustrate them. The authors address how literary elements intersect with more familiar practices of generating and analyzing evidence to reveal themes. More
Published: 2009
Updated: May. 09, 2010
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In this article the authors draw upon 14 semi-structured interviews with the participants in a teacher-researcher project on the theme of 'ensuring African Caribbean attainment'. The aim of shedding light on the purposes, processes and lived experiences of teacher research in a difficult and contentious intellectual and practical domain. In the second half of the article the authors analyse the challenges and the rewards of participating in the project, including the challenges of facilitating teacher research. The authors also review the key implications of the research for policy and practice. More
Published: 2009
Updated: Jan. 12, 2010
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This paper reports research concerning the effective use of video editing to help cultivate novice teachers' reflective practice. For this study, the authors used a qualitative research design to examine two guided reflection activities for two groups of novice teachers. Given that both groups used the same reflection guide, the authors found that students who developed video vignettes produced longer and more multifaceted reflections. More
Published: 2009
Updated: Dec. 01, 2009
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The use of electronic portfolios is increasingly becoming popular in teacher education programs. Whereas many teacher education programs have adopted electronic portfolios in order to meet accreditation requirements, others use electronic portfolios to develop and improve on students’ technology skills. Using a qualitative research design, the current study examined teacher candidates’ attitudes toward electronic portfolios and the differences that electronic portfolios bring to their profession. More
Published: 2009
Updated: Oct. 18, 2009
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The reflective and interrogative processes required for developing effective qualitative research questions can give shape and direction to the study. In qualitative studies, the ongoing process of questioning is an integral part of understanding the lives and perspectives of others. This paper addresses both the development of initial research questions and how the processes of generating and refining questions are critical to the shaping of a qualitative study. More
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 31, 2009
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New methods are replacing or complementing traditional lectures at higher education. These are problem-based learning, group work, project work and fieldwork. The purpose of the research was that the teacher learned doing research, and can learn about group process and how they can be established and maintained. More
Published: 2008
Updated: Nov. 19, 2008
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This paper examines a distinctive approach to qualitative research that was employed in a recent study to open a gateway to understanding the impact of the shootings at Columbine High School. Using the Columbine study as a model, it analyzes and delineates a process for collecting data through modified oral history practices, displaying data through stories using a specialized form of poetic representation, and disclosing results through strategies adapted from educational criticism and connoisseurship. More
Published: 2008
Updated: Oct. 23, 2008
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This paper re-engages the paradigm wars of the 1980s, discussing their relevance in the current historical moment. It extends Egon Guba's call for dialogue across paradigm communities. Ten theses and three agenda items are advanced.
Published: 2008
Updated: Oct. 23, 2008
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The article explores the use of high-stakes testing and its effect on content, knowledge form and pedagogy. A qualitative metasynthesis of 49 qualitative studies indicated that the primary effect of high-stakes testing is that curricular content is narrowed to tested subjects, subject knowledge is fragmented and teachers increase the use of teacher-centered pedagogies. However, in a significant minority of cases the tests led to expanded curricular content, integration of knowledge and more student-centered pedagogies. More
Published: 2007
Updated: Mar. 23, 2008
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The author discusses the evolution of ideas about the relationship between national and international development and educational change since World War II. He critically reviews relevant literature in comparative and international education, focusing on the concept of teachers’ work. The analyses draw on theories of postcolonialism. The author argues that virtually without exception, studies of, and theories about, teaching as work are based on the experiences of the northern hemisphere, particularly developed countries. More
Published: 2007
Updated: Jan. 15, 2008