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Document Review as a Qualitative Research Data Collection Method for Teacher Research. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Pamela J. Bretschneider; Stefanie Cirilli; Tracey Jones; Shannon Lynch; Natalie Ann Wilson – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study is an introduction to the use of a document checklist as part of a qualitative research method of document review. Details are provided on the types of documents that can be utilized in a document review; the advantages and disadvantages of using document review as a research data collection method; description of how to design,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Documentation, Educational Research, Qualitative Research
Using Multimodal Social Semiotic Theory and Visual Methods to Consider Young Children's Interaction with and Comprehension of Images. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Dylan Yamada-Rice – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study presents an overview of how multimodal social semiotic theory was combined with visual means of data collection and analysis. The visual methods used were content analysis and still and animated experiential landscape mapping. These methods and theory were used in a study that considered the impact of increasingly visual means of…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Semiotics, Social Theories, Data Collection
Doing Participant Observation in Your Own Organization: Social Capital and Cultural Knowledge Creation in Multicultural Learning Environments. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Natalie S. Mikhaylov – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case is based on the research project I conducted for my PhD dissertation. The research objectives were to examine the process of cultural knowledge creation and to address the role of social capital in this process. While many studies discuss global social capital and its role in the development of global mindset and expatriate adjustments…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Social Capital, Cultural Awareness, Epistemology
Researching Society and Culture. Third Edition
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Seale, Clive, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2012
Clear, coherent and trusted, this book is the perfect guide to the main social research methods in use today. The much anticipated Third Edition of Clive Seale's bestselling title further expands its coverage to provide an authoritative introduction to all of the social research methods used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Written by…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Intercultural Competence: Concepts, Challenges, Evaluations. Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning. Volume 10
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Witte, Arnd, Ed.; Harden, Theo, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2011
This book explores the idea of "intercultural competence", which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and "competence" is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Interpersonal Competence, Second Language Learning, Research
Elementary Basal Readers and Work Mode Bias.
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Jenkins, Floyd H.; And Others – 1973
Based on the hypothesis that certain elementary texts generally assign negative unrealistic, and tertiary roles to technical-vocational work modes, the study indicated that quantitative and qualitative bias in favor of professional work modes does exist in elementary reading textbooks. Jobs occupying positions of less status, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Career Choice, Career Development