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Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher
Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research,
while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the
essentials of research through discussion of strategies, ethical
issues, and challenges in higher education. In addition to walking
through the methodological steps, this text considers the
conceptual reasons behind qualitative research and explores how to
conduct qualitative research that is rigorous, thoughtful, and
theoretically coherent. Seasoned researchers Jones, Torres, and
Arminio combine high-level theory with practical applications and
examples, showing how research in higher education can produce
improved learning outcomes for students, especially those who have
been historically marginalized. This book will help students in
higher education graduate programs to cultivate an appreciation for
the complexity and ambiguity of the research and the ways to think
through questions and tensions that emerge in the process. New in
This Edition: Emphasis on participant representation and researcher
reflexivity and positionality Additional conceptual frameworks that
ground qualitative work in higher education and analyze power to
reveal structural inequities A wider array of approaches including
Participatory Action Research, Critical Discourse Analysis, and
visual methodologies and methods A new chapter on writing that
covers getting started, writing as analysis, writing to capture
complexity, and positioning oneself in writing Updated citations
and content throughout to reflect the newest thinking and
scholarship New end-of-chapter discussion questions and activities
to bolster accessibility of theory and help instructors support
students' work on their course research projects.
Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher
Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research,
while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the
essentials of research through discussion of strategies, ethical
issues, and challenges in higher education. In addition to walking
through the methodological steps, this text considers the
conceptual reasons behind qualitative research and explores how to
conduct qualitative research that is rigorous, thoughtful, and
theoretically coherent. Seasoned researchers Jones, Torres, and
Arminio combine high-level theory with practical applications and
examples, showing how research in higher education can produce
improved learning outcomes for students, especially those who have
been historically marginalized. This book will help students in
higher education graduate programs to cultivate an appreciation for
the complexity and ambiguity of the research and the ways to think
through questions and tensions that emerge in the process. New in
This Edition: Emphasis on participant representation and researcher
reflexivity and positionality Additional conceptual frameworks that
ground qualitative work in higher education and analyze power to
reveal structural inequities A wider array of approaches including
Participatory Action Research, Critical Discourse Analysis, and
visual methodologies and methods A new chapter on writing that
covers getting started, writing as analysis, writing to capture
complexity, and positioning oneself in writing Updated citations
and content throughout to reflect the newest thinking and
scholarship New end-of-chapter discussion questions and activities
to bolster accessibility of theory and help instructors support
students' work on their course research projects.
In Job One, editors Peter Magolda and Jill Carnaghi place new
professionals' stories "center stage." The book focuses on nine
narratives written by new professionals about their introduction
and transitions into Student Affairs work. These stories document
the joys and angst felt as new professionals prepare to transition
from graduate school-to-work, search for their first Student
Affairs position, assimilate campus norms, formulate a professional
identity, satisfy supervisors' expectations, mediate cultural
conflicts, and remain true to their personal and professional
values. This book is a useful resource inviting new professionals,
supervisors, and faculty to think differently about the on-going
education and needs of new professionals, while offering a new
perspective for optimizing new professionals' experiences.
Co-published with American College Personnel Association.
A major new contribution to college student development theory,
this book brings "third wave" theories to bear on this vitally
important topic for anyone working on campus today. The book has
three sections: The first briefly introduces the third wave
theories that have recently expanded the frame of the topic; the
second uses those theories to focus on specific aspects of student
development; and the third brings it all together with a few
chapters that look at the implications for practice. The first
section includes a chapter that provides an overview of the
evolution of student development theories as well as chapters
describing the critical and poststructural theories most relevant
to the next iteration of student development theory. These theories
include critical race theory, queer theory, feminist theories,
intersectionality, decolonizing/indigenous theories, and crip
theories. These chapters also include a discussion of how each
theory is relevant to the central questions of student development
theory. The second section provides critical interpretations of the
primary constructs associated with student development theory.
These constructs and their related ideas include resilience,
dissonance, socially constructed identities, authenticity, agency,
context, development (consistency/coherence/stability), and
knowledge (sources of truth and belief systems). Each chapter
begins with brief personal narratives on a particular construct;
the chapter authors then re-envision the narrative's highlighted
construct using one or more critical theories. The third section
will focus on implications for practice. Specifically, these
chapters will consider possibilities for how student development
constructs re-envisioned through critical perspectives can be
utilized in practice. The primary audience for the book is faculty
members who teach in graduate programs in higher education and
student affairs and their students. It may also be of interest to
faculty and graduate students in psychology, sociology, and ethnic
studies, as well as women's, gender, and sexuality studies
departments. The book will also be useful to practitioners seeking
guidance in working effectively with students across the
convergence of multiple aspects of identity and development.
Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher
Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research,
while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the
fundamentals of research through discussion of strategies, ethical
issues, and challenges in higher education. In addition to walking
through the methodological steps, this text considers the
conceptual reasons behind qualitative research and explores how to
conduct qualitative research that is rigorous, thoughtful, and
theoretically coherent. Seasoned researchers Jones, Torres, and
Arminio combine high-level theory with practical applications and
examples, showing how research in higher education can produce
improved learning outcomes for students, especially those who have
been historically marginalized. This book will help students in
higher education and Student Affairs graduate programs to cultivate
an appreciation for the complexity and ambiguity of the research
and the ways to think thorough questions and tensions that emerge
in the process. New in This Edition: Updated citations and content
throughout to reflect the newest thinking and scholarship Expansion
of current exemplars of qualitative research New exercises,
activities, and examples throughout to bolster accessibility of
theory A new chapter on Theoretical Perspectives with attention to
new perspectives increasingly used in higher education and Student
Affairs A new chapter on Challenges in Data Collection
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