Jane Gilgun

Reflexivity and Qualitative Research (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Researchers' own experiences affect every aspect of the research they do, from conceptualization of the issues to be researched, relationships with research participants, to interpretation of findings, to writing up results, to dissemination. This article discusses reflexivity and provides examples of what it is.

Reflexivity is important topic for qualitative researchers to consider and to experiment with. For research to be credible, researchers must be reflexive no matter which methods and perspectives they use. That researchers influence research processes and research processes influence researchers are givens in theoretical physics and other hard sciences, as well as in the social sciences. These assumptions are also givens or basic methodological principles, in most forms of qualitative research. Finally, awareness of the importance of reflexivity is part of the human sciences, whose traditions extend back to the origins of social science research in the middle of the nineteenth century. (

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jane Gilgun
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781458094131
• Artikelnr.: 48228259

Autorenporträt

I like to laugh. I like witty people. When I'm not writing, riding my horses, or working in my garden, I'm a professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

I write children's books, poetry, books on children with special needs, and books on many other topics based on research I have done for many years. I also comment on public events.

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