This case study explores the qualitative digital methods used within a collaborative self-study of teacher education practice (S-STEP). It brings together two experienced qualitative researchers working in different institutions but with an already established rapport as critical friends gained from a long-standing relationship as colleagues that…

Many countries keep official records of parliamentary debates. In the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Singapore, these transcriptions are referred to as Hansard, providing a rich resource for researchers exploring the historical and contextual background of governmental policy and legislation. This case study draws on the original…

This comprehensive book showcases different approaches to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and focuses on the implementation of these various theories in real-world practice. Following an overview of cognitive therapy, practitioners and scholars discuss behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy, multimodal therapy,…

This case study stems from a challenge I faced working with audio records of open-ended interviews conducted with teachers in Lithuania. I sought to understand teachers' perspectives about educational changes in Lithuania 12 years after regaining independence. The interviews were dynamic and rich in information, but the richness became obscure in…

Intrigued by a conversation with a front-line practitioner at a drop-in center for homeless youth, I became interested in the stories of homeless youth in special education. In my search for a suitable method to capture their educational narratives, I learned about "direct scribing." This case study is an account of direct scribing.…

This case describes an observational video study of an upper elementary science classroom. Through our study, we explored the ways in which the role of a good science student is portrayed in the language used by students and their teacher. The analysis focused on probing how pronouns were used by students and teacher to position each other and…

This case study provides an account of a 3-year research project that examined expectations of online graduate students. The two goals of this case are to explore opportunities and challenges of engaging online doctoral students as student co-researchers in the journal publication process and to describe how to conduct qualitative research using…