Career-development patterns of employed college graduates from diverse ethnic backgrounds with physical and sensory disabilities were explored through a qualitative study. Key themes emerging fell into three categories: establishing an occupational self-concept, launching a career, and career advancement. Presents factors that influenced…

Identifies transgressive data (emotional, dream, sensual, and response data) that are out-of-category and not usually accounted for in qualitative research methodology. Also, identifies methods that produce these data. Suggests that transgressive data might shift epistemologies that define the possibilities of qualitative research in education.…

Personal and environmental transitions that contributed to positive behavioral changes and the decisions to change are uncovered in in-depth interviews (N=20). Significant factors include maturation; respect and concern for children; fear of physical harm, incarceration, or both; contemplation time; and support and modeling. Implications for…

This qualitative study examined patterns of service use by 62 older people with intellectual disability from 12 Australian municipalities. A lack of collaboration between the aged-care and disability service systems was found, as was an implicit policy of redirecting older people toward aged-care services and away from disability services. (DB)

Study uses the consensual qualitative-research method to address questions about therapists' perceptions of transference in long-term therapy: How does transference operate? How is transference dealt with and resolved? What problems do therapists encounter with transference? Findings suggest that transference operated in a complex manner for…

Examines the learning of graduate students in a qualitative research course which used a workshop format to link research and teaching in the context of community development as a form of collaborative self-directed learning. Preliminary findings suggest that student research development is enhanced through group activities that support multiple…

The author recounts a qualitative investigation of the influence of an open-discourse reform effort on technicism in a college-level computing course which was discontinued when the study was seen to be unethical. A psychology-oriented heuristic inquiry into the causes of this failure resulted in a growing awareness of the importance of art,…

Provides suggestions for phases and objectives for quality assurance (QA) programs in expanded school mental health programs. Suggests that important QA activities include examining staff training activities, assessment of stakeholder perceptions of services, conducting satisfaction surveys, examining therapy process, and investigating treatment…

Discusses issues of qualitative research stimulated by Eileen Waldschmidt's work on bilingual teachers and creative drama including issues of the researcher's stance, primacy of voice, and thickness of data. (SR)

Responds to jurors' comments and questions regarding the author's study on bilingual teachers and creative drama. Argues that she did write four teacher stories, but questions whether they hold up to criteria often used to evaluate stories. Asks just whose story is being told in qualitative research. (SR)

Focus groups and an interpretive-interactionist methodology were used to evaluate the narratives that top-performing students offered to account for lack of participation in public affairs classrooms. Notes the disproportionate number of silent female students, and argues that teachers should consider issues of gender equity, peer behavior, and…

Assessed a large sample of twins between the ages of 7 and 13 years on language comprehension tests sensitive to grammatical specific language impairment (G-SLI), including 37 same-sex twin pairs selected for presence of language impairment and 104 pairs from the general population. Qualitative markers of G-SLI were derived from the tests.…

Discusses the link between personal involvement by researchers and good data, focusing on subjective qualitative researchers and research. The paper explains that getting close to subjects can: enhance the breadth and depth of the study; provide context for subjects; merge the subjects and the phenomena being studied; and merge passion and…

Examines the computational strategies of 10 young street vendors in Beirut by describing, comparing, and analyzing computational strategies used in solving three types of problems: (1) transactions in the workplace; (2) word problems; and (3) computation exercises in a school-like setting. Indicates that vendors' use of semantically-based mental…

Compares the persuasiveness of using statistical versus narrative evidence (case studies or examples) across 15 investigations. Indicates that when comparing messages, statistical evidence is more persuasive than narrative evidence. (PA)