ABSTRACT
How do education researchers navigate the qualitative research process? How do they manage and negotiate myriad decision points at which things can take an unexpected – and sometimes problematic – turn? Whilst these questions are relevant for any research process, the specific issues qualitative researchers face can have impactful repercussions, that if managed adeptly, can lead to successful and even new research opportunities.
Navigating Challenges in Qualitative Educational Research includes narratives that provide real world experiences and accounts of how researchers navigated problematic situations, as well as their considerations in doing so. These contributions give students and researchers a chance to understand the possibilities of research challenges and better prepare for these eventualities and how to deal with them.
Providing educative windows into the challenges and missteps even seasoned researchers face along the way, this book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and early career qualitative researchers, particularly those who are interested in education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Introduction: sanitized research descriptions and messy realities
part I|2 pages
Getting started: navigating bureaucracies and recruiting participants
chapter 4|12 pages
Chasing the team
chapter 5|11 pages
Navigating administrator–researcher roles
part II|2 pages
Relationships across contexts: geographical, cultural, political, institutional
chapter 7|15 pages
Researchers or service providers?
chapter 8|14 pages
Representation and emotion
part III|2 pages
Interruptions during data collection: making it work
chapter 11|11 pages
Two steps forward, one step back
part IV|2 pages
The disruptive forces of scholarly peer review