Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era - Critical Approaches and Selected Methodologies

This volume describes and discusses some of the intricacies associated with qualitative research in this post-modern era. It is the second of a two-volume set. It strives to define terms, identifies paradigms, methodologies and approaches that are applicable to novice and expert researchers alike. The book pays special attention to the biographies of those individuals who have helped to shape and develop these methodologies or research designs. In addition, consideration is given to historical and political underpinnings that relate to the development of qualitative research methodologies. Each research design is described in detail and the similarities and differences among them are explored. This volume makes use of a contextual approach to research and features interviews with scholars who have assisted in developing such methodologies. Of interest are numerous features such as questions for further study and annotated bibliographies that extend the scope of each of the methodologies described.

 


Robert E. White has taught extensively in public school across Canada for over twenty years. Since 2003, he has taught and researched at St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto (OISE), Dr. White is currently a Senior Research Professor associated with the Faculty of Education at St Francis Xavier University. Dr. White's research interests focus on a number of topics, including educational administration and policy, postmodernity and globalization, qualitative research methodologies, and critical pedagogy. Dr. White is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Leadership in Education. Recent publications include Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era - Volume I, (2012) and Democracy and Its Discontents: Critical Literacy across Global Contexts (2015). An international scholar, Dr. White has also received numerous Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants to pursue his research. In 2013, he received the President's Research Award, granted by St. Francis Xavier University.Karyn Cooper is a Professor in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto, Canada. At the heart of her work is the belief that looking critically at personal and ethical issues may support and enhance inclusion, equity and democratic practice. Some of her books include Qualitative Research in the Postmodern Era - Volume I, and Critical issues in Education: Citizen documentary in the digital age. Her current research (Critics Choice Award, American Study Association) gathered in a two-volume set of texts features video interviews with many of the giants in the field of qualitative research and/or critical perspectives across the social sciences and humanities.