Qualitative Research in Education and Social Sciences

<p><em>Qualitative Research in Education and Social Sciences Second Edition</em> provides readers with an in-depth guide on planning conducting and reporting qualitative research to inform professions communities and scholarship as a whole. It also considers the importance of cultivating the relationships that researchers develop with others as well as within themselves as they navigate complex questions that impact them both professionally and personally. </p><p>Authors Danica G. Hays and Anneliese Singh organize this step-by-step guide in four sections: Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry; Qualitative Research Design; Data Collection and Analysis; and The Qualitative Research Proposal and Report. A focus on shared power collaboration and personal and political activism is infused in their research approach and recommended often throughout the text. </p><p>This second edition reflects a more multidimensional perspective of the role of the qualitative researcher a restructured and updated presentation of qualitative research paradigms and traditions an expansion on online media research and a continuing eye toward empowerment and advocacy within the research conducted with participants and communities.</p><p>This text is written at a level most suitable for graduate-level students practitioners and educators in a variety of education and social science disciplines.</p>