Research Methods in Outdoor Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Humberstone, Barbara; Prince, Heather

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last two decades Outdoor Studies has emerged as an innovative and vibrant field of study. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive appraisal of established and cutting-edge research methods as applied to Outdoor Studies.

Covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, the book examines key methodologies, themes and technologies such as digital research, mobile methodologies, ethnography, interviews, research design, research ethics and ways of disseminating research.

Featuring contributions from leading researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this is an essential text for any Outdoor Studies course or for researchers looking for innovative and creative research techniques.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429581625
• Artikelnr.: 57252335

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Conceptualising and initiating the research process
1. Entangled philosophical and methodological dimensions of research in outdoor studies? Living with(in) messy theorisation
2. Ethical issues and practicalities in outdoor studies research
3. Designing effective research projects in outdoor studies
Part II: Qualitative methodologies - choosing an appropriate approach
4. Phenomenological approaches to research in outdoor studies
5. A critical examination of the place of interviews in outdoor studies research
6. Methods and techniques for capturing empirical material from experiences and stories in outdoor spaces and places
7. Mobilising research methods: Sensory approaches to outdoor and experiential learning research
8. Capturing complexity and collaborative emergence through case study design: An ecosocial framework for researching outdoor sustainability education practice
9. Ethnographic research in outdoor studies
10. Autoethnography: Creating stories that make a difference
11. Thinking the social through myself: Reflexivity in research practice
12. Finding my professional voice: Autobiography as a research method for outdoor studies
Part III: Contemporary creative qualitative methods
13. Creative nonfiction in outdoor studies
14. Shared-story approaches in outdoor studies: The HEAR (Hermeneutics
Auto/Ethnography and Action Research) 'listening' methodological model
15. Digital narrative methodology and multisensory outdoor ethnography
16. Practising feminist reflexivity: Collaborative letter writing as method
17. Post-qualitative inquiry in outdoor studies: A radical (non-)methodology
18. Together along the way: Applying mobilities through praxis in outdoor studies field research
19. Mobile methods in outdoor studies: Walking interviews with educators
20. Sensing the outdoors through research: Multisensory
multimedia
multimodal and multiliteracy possibilities
21. Representing experience: Creative methods and emergent analysis
Part IV: Quantitative and mixed methods
22. Deriving metrics and measures in outdoor research
23. Scientific investigations in outdoor environments
24. Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: Paradigmatic considerations
25. Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: Practical applications
26. Quantitative analyses of small samples with complex data-structures
Part V: Disseminating
communicating and sharing research
27. Publishing and disseminating outdoor studies research
28. Research hubs: The theory-practice nexus
29. Knocking on doors in the policy corridor - can research in outdoor studies contribute to policy change? A professional narrative on shaping educational policy and practice in Scotland