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Darwin, Stephen – Educational Action Research, 2011
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), founded on the seminal work of Vygotsky and evolving in the subsequent work of Leont'ev and Engestrom, continues to emerge as a robust and increasingly widely used conceptual framework for the research and analysis of the complex social mediation of human learning and development. Yet there remains…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Research Methodology, Social Behavior
Conley, Matthew D.; Colabucci, Lesley – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2009
In this paper, two beginning qualitative researchers describe the challenges and successes of conducting a collaborative self-study. For two academic years, the authors wrote and analyzed personal narratives related to their experiences as a lesbian and a gay man, respectively, in educational contexts. This article addresses the data analysis…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Figurative Language, Personal Narratives, Researchers
Guthrie, Cathy – Journal of Research Practice, 2007
The notion of researcher as craftsman is not new. This article takes the analogy further, exploring the similarities between the research student's journey and the artisan's transition from apprentice to journeyman to member of the guild, in the light of the author's own PhD experience. Having completed her apprenticeship with the MSc, she…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Researchers, Educational Experience
Thornton, Stephen J. – 1986
This paper serves two purposes: (1) it outlines some of the conflicting characterizations of the differences among scientific and artistic approaches to qualitative research; and (2) it provides some illustrations from conceptual and empirical research to demonstrate that these are indeed differences that matter. The following four ways in which…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Figurative Language, Qualitative Research

Barone, Thomas E. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1987
Replies to Rist's unfavorable evaluation of Barone's own article critiquing the arts program of a black elementary school. Argues that quantitative social science research has unsuccessfully modeled itself on scientific methodology, but camouflages its subjectivity and fictionalizes the entire research undertaking. Crafting an educational…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Literary Criticism