[CHYS 2P51] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 35 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Introduction to qualitative research methods in child and youth studies. Systematic investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. Qualitative research: qualities of experiences people have. But it cannot be perfect: study of how people make sense of things. Investigating underlying meanings, patterns, and relationships in social phenomena. How people make sense of their lives. Investigating phenomena using a variety of means, models. Multidisciplinary study of the development of children: psychological, educational, physical health, biological, social. Our generation is coming at a time of value and respect within this type of research. Discover: (grounded theory) seek to understand, (ethnography) Describe the experiences: (phenomenology) report the stories, (narrative research) Depends on context: we have different meanings that we apply to things that are unspoken, just pick it up. ***right hand is associated with cleanliness & left hand is associated with dirt" (wiping your butt, etc)*** Manifest meaning: one that is surface and apparent: what is actually there.
