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McFarland, Bridget; Bryant, Lia; Wark, Stuart; Morales-Boyce, Tyson – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Historically the voices of people with intellectual disability have been occluded by barriers imposed by research practice. More recently, adaptive research approaches have been proposed to enhance the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in qualitative research. Method: This article presents an adaptive interviewing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Interviews, Adjustment (to Environment)
Ecem Karlidag-Dennis; Zeynep Temiz; Melis Cin – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study investigates the practical and methodological challenges associated with conducting interviews with high-ranking public figures ("elites") in politically fragile environments, with a particular focus on education and gender issues in Turkey. The original research utilised a qualitative methodology, emphasising an…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Cultural Awareness, Interviews, Ideology
Monique H. Harrison; Philip A. Hernandez – Grantee Submission, 2022
The interview experience is only one component of the process of interviewing -- software programmes can coordinate the pre-interview steps and begin a digitally-mediated relationship with participants long before the actual interview commences. This essay provides examples of how researchers can maximise their time and energy by digitally…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Interviews, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software
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van der Weele, Simon; Bredewold, Femmianne – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: While qualitative research on intellectual disability is on the rise, researchers have frequently reported that their methods bring methodological and ethical challenges. The authors advance shadowing as an alternative method to respond to these concerns. Method: The authors draw on their experiences with shadowing on the basis of two…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Intellectual Disability, Research Methodology, Observation
Seidman, Irving – Teachers College Press, 2019
This popular text, now in its fifth edition, provides step-by-step guidance for new and experienced researchers who want to use interviewing as a research method. This user-friendly guide explains the rationale for interviewing and the complexity of selecting interview participants, important interviewing techniques, and how to work with the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Graduate Students
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Wilhoit, Elizabeth D.; Kisselburgh, Lorraine G. – Field Methods, 2016
In this article, we introduce participant viewpoint ethnography (PVE), a phenomenological video research method that combines reflexive, interview-based data with video capture of actual experiences. In PVE, participants wear a head-mounted camera to record the phenomena of study from their point of view. The researcher and participant then review…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Video Technology, Research Methodology, Phenomenology
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Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Conducting qualitative research interviews among individuals with intellectual disabilities, including cognitive limitations and difficulties in communication, presents particular research challenges. One question is whether the difficulties that informants encounter affect interviews to such an extent that the validity of the results is weakened.…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Informed Consent
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Hernández, María G.; Nguyen, Jacqueline; Casanova, Saskias; Suárez-Orozco, Carola; Saetermoe, Carrie L. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
This chapter provides a guide to research logistics and ethics in studying immigrant families. The authors outline major pragmatic issues in research design and data collection to which all scholars must attend, although current practices often do not respond to the idiosyncratic issues related to vulnerable immigrant populations (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Family (Sociological Unit), Research Methodology, Ethics
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Katyal, Kokila Roy; King, Mark Edward – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2014
This paper addresses some fundamental methodological and ethical issues confronting non-Chinese researchers undertaking research in Hong Kong Chinese society. Among other things, it considers problems pertaining to data collection, the challenges of data interpretation, and the implication that this has for research. Whilst the issues are by no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Confucianism, Educational Research
Saracho, Olivia, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014
The "Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education" brings together in one source research techniques that researchers can use to collect data for studies that contribute to the knowledge in early childhood education. To conduct valid and reliable studies, researchers need to be knowledgeable about numerous research…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Naturalistic Observation