NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 25 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Freda, Maria Francesca; Lemmo, Daniela; Auriemma, Ersilia; De Luca Picione, Raffaele; Martino, Maria Luisa – Qualitative Research Journal, 2023
Purpose: Consistent with current literature, which highlights the role of narration as a key tool for exploring the processes by which people construct the meaning of their critical experiences the authors propose a theoretical and methodological model to analyse the narratives of illness and identify any innovative aspects. The generative model…
Descriptors: Coding, Qualitative Research, Semiotics, Diseases
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Padayachi, Sasha; Maistry, Suriamurthee Moonsamy – International Journal of Higher Education, 2022
This study investigates the implementation of the methodology, Interactive Qualitative Analysis (IQA) (Northcutt & McCoy, 2004) during the COVID-19 pandemic, to understand how non-major accounting students learn Accounting 101 in a threshold concepts-inspired tutorial programme. Even though IQA is a predominantly qualitative method, it…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lustick, Hilary – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2021
Qualitative training rarely acknowledges the role of emotions in both data collection and analysis. While bracketing emotions is an important part of reflexivity, emotions are both a source of data and a source of 'work' (Hochschild, 1983). Accordingly, mentoring junior qualitative scholars also requires emotion work. Issues of race, gender, and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Psychological Patterns, Data, Coding
Hamlett, Laura E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Mass murder in the United States is increasing, yet understanding of mass murderers is still relatively limited. Many perpetrators compose manifestos, which include journals, blogs, letters, videos, and other writings. Previous research has indicated that personal messages are of great social and psychological importance; however, there remains an…
Descriptors: Homicide, Criminals, Psycholinguistics, Language Usage
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Xiong, Yiying; Zhou, Yuchun – Journal of International Students, 2018
In this study, we explore East Asian graduate students' socio-cultural and psychological adjustment in a U.S. Midwestern University. Eight participants were interviewed about their acculturation challenges as well as their effective coping strategies. Data were analyzed using open-coding techniques and five themes emerged: three themes summarized…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns, Cultural Differences, Graduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Linder, Chris; Myers, Jess S. – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2018
Institutional betrayal, feelings of treason that occur when an institution fails to prevent or respond appropriately to wrongdoings committed within the context of an institution, contributes to exacerbated trauma for survivors of sexual violence (Smith & Freyd, 2014). Through a qualitative research study, we examine experiences of 10 sexual…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Activism, Qualitative Research, College Students
Göçen Kabaran, Güler; Aldan Karademir, Çigdem – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this research is to examine the digital storytelling experiences of preschool pre-service teachers. In the study, an action research from qualitative research designs was used. Furthermore, collaborative action research from the types of action research in the research was used. The research group of the study was formed in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Educational Technology, Preschool Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Zerengok, Devrim; Guzel, Pinar; Ozbey, Selhan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
International students, often a noteworthy group, constitute about 10 per cent of the student population on many campuses throughout the world (OECD, 2009). At any time, there are likely to be over a million students and scholars attending institutions of higher learning abroad, and recent estimates have set the figure at about 4.5 million…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Massey, Kyle D.; Massey, Jennifer – Journal of College and Character, 2017
Research on hazing in higher education has primarily focused on Greek-letter organizations and athletes, with little research beyond these two subsets of college students. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the attitudes of students from the general student population at a Canadian university with regard to hazing and identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Fraternities, Sororities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Catchings, Libby – Written Communication, 2016
This qualitative study traces different articulations of the public, emotional honesty, and economic advantage in the literacy sponsorship of detained writer Lil' Purp by "The Beat Within," a publication for incarcerated youth and adults. Findings are compared to "The Beat"'s own account of Purp's progress, revealing a set of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Writing Instruction, Writing for Publication, Literacy Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
LeFebvre, Luke; LeFebvre, Leah E.; Allen, Mike – Communication Education, 2018
This study catalogues student (N = 828) self-described fears related to public speaking. Specifically, this investigation adds to the knowledge of public speaking anxiety through an initial inductive analysis of students' fears about public speaking and a second analysis (of different data) to authenticate emergent categories. Resulting categories…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wang, Renfeng; De Donder, Liesbeth; De Backer, Free; Shihua, Li; Honghui, Pan; Thomas, Valerie; Vanslambrouck, Silke; Lombaerts, Koen – Educational Gerontology, 2016
Background and aim: Even though the beneficial effects of elderly learning are widely acknowledged, many older Chinese people are still not involved. This paper aims to examine the barriers that affect the level of educational participation of older adults in China. Methodology: Using a focus group methodology, 43 older participants (aged 55 years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Barriers, Access to Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cunningham, Debra Jayne – Christian Higher Education, 2015
Using a constructivist grounded theory approach (Charmaz, 2006), this qualitative study examined how eight female senior-level professionals employed at faith-based colleges and universities processed and navigated the experience of involuntary job loss and successfully transitioned to another position. The theoretical framework of psychological…
Descriptors: Females, Church Related Colleges, Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gillies, Christopher Graham Mckercher – Research in Learning Technology, 2016
This article reports on factors affecting local academic acceptance of bring your own devices (BYOD). A review of the literature revealed a paucity of studies that have explored the complex factors that affect academic use and intention to use mobile devices in the classroom, with even less exploring truly ubiquitous and varied personal devices as…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ebadi, Seyed Hossein; Keshtiaray, Narges; Aghaei, Asghar; Yousefy, Alireza – International Education Studies, 2016
Present-day curricular designs have to take the pupils' psychological needs in account, thus becoming melodies of mental health and happiness for the next generation. Emphasizing the findings from previous investigations using the research synthesis methodology, the present study has been conducted aiming at achieving some integrative knowledge…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2