| Qualitative Psychology Contributor(s): Parker (Author) |
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ISBN: 0335213499 ISBN-13: 9780335213498 Publisher: Open University Press OUR PRICE: $47.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: This practical guide introduces students to the latest theoretical approaches in ethnography, interviewing, narrative, discourse, and psychoanalysis and brings them not only up to date but also beyond the limits of mainstream psychological research methods. Interwoven with conceptual issues and methodological frameworks are 44 sections outlining key issues in the development, application, and assessment of qualitative research methods. By reviewing key debates, students are able to explore the problems with particular qualitative methods taught in psychology today--and use better methods to practice their craft. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Experimental Psychology - Psychology | Research & Methodology |
| Dewey: 150.723 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.04" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why is qualitative research the most radical research in psychology today? How can research be directly linked to social change? What is the role of theory in the development of reflexive action research? This book is designed as a practical guide for the student that is also grounded in the latest developments in theory in psychology. interviewing, narrative, discourse and psychoanalysis, and the substantive chapters on these methodological approaches include worked-through examples clearly structured around methodological stages. A case is made for new practical procedures that bring the student up to the limits of mainstream psychological research methods, and then take them beyond those limits. Resource links guide the student to theoretical debates and to ways of making these debates relevant to a psychology genuinely concerned with critical reflection and social change. Interwoven with the lucid description of conceptual issues and methodological frameworks are 44 boxes which outline key issues in the development, application and assessment of qualitative research methods. qualitative methods taught in psychology today. There are summaries of methodological stages and points to be aware of in the marking of practical reports in relation to specific methods. There also boxes that include coverage, in an accessible point-by-point format, of the context for different kinds of psychology, for ethics and reflexivity, and boxes that explain the parameters for criteria and good report writing. |