Semester 1 (Week 6)
Theses are the notes I took during the Tuesday afternoon workshop that took place from 14:00 to 17:00 on 24th October 2017. The tutors were Dr Ita Kennelly, Dr Muireann O’Keeffe, and Dr Claire McAvinia.
Topics for today’s workshop
– Part 1 – Methodology Analysis (Poster) – Dr Ita Kennelly
– Part 2 – Action Research – Dr Muireann O’Keeffe
– Part 3 – Case Study – Dr Claire McAvinia.
Part 1 – Methodology Analysis (Poster)
Ita Kenneally
See photo of poster.
See pages 27 to 41 of Barry Ryan’s thesis
Think about giving the interviewees the semi-structured questions in advance of the interviews.
Part 2 – Action Research
Muireann O’Keefe
Think about validity and reliability.
Part 3 – Case Study
Claire McAvinia
Used for inquiry into ‘processes and relationships’ (Denscombe, 2007, p.38)
Inve…
Asks why and how questions to uncover meanings and relationships.
Types of Cases
Stake, 1995
Intrinsic…aim to understand the particularities of the specific case generalise
Instrumental…generalise
Collective…generalise
Yin, 2003, 2014
Exploratory, e.g. Pilot project
Explanatory – suitable for causal studies, implementation of process
Descriptive – describe an intervention or occurrence in real-life context
Could use the word transferable rather than generalisable. A degree of generalisability. Could use word indicative or compelling.
Comparative cases – two or more cases compared
Phenomenology and phenomenography
Difference between case study and phenemonology
Phenomenology is a philosophical stance as well as a methodology.
The focus is on the lived experience not the person, group or event
The data are gathered to examine the lived…
Referencing Handbook APA: University of Lincoln: The Library (PDF)