CHYS 2P51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Malcolm Gladwell, Clifford Geertz, Thick Description

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 2P51
• Professor: Lauren Mc Namara

Document Summary

Assumptions: ontological: many different beliefs about what reality is, epistemologial: proximity= knowledge, anxiologial: researchers bring values to a study-we bring in our own intentions and baises, methodological: procedures, processess are inductive, flexible. More assumptions: many different beliefs about what reality is, proximity=knowledge, researchers bring values to a study, procedures, processes are inductive, emerging, shaped by the researcher, flexible. Approaches to qualitative research: ethnography, action research, unobtrusive research, next year: narratives, phenomenology, ground theory. Triangulation: assumption that researcher will report a variety of perspectives, enhances strength of researcher interpretation, each method offers a particular line of sight . Involves the qualitative study of a real life contemporary bounded system (context, setting) Develop an in depth understanding of a single individual, group, subject, setting, event, set of documents, of that one case. Explore an issue or problem using the case as an illustration. Goal of case study: gather enough information about the phenomena to effectively understand how it operates or functions.