An Exemplar for Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research

Authors

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Nancy L. Leech, University of Colorado DenverFollow
John R. Slate, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Marcella Stark, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Bipin Sharma, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Rebecca Frels, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Kristin Harris, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow
Julie P. Combs, Sam Houston State UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this article, we outline a course wherein the instructors teach students how to conduct rigorous qualitative research. We discuss the four major distinct, but overlapping, phases of the course: conceptual/theoretical, technical, applied, and emergent scholar. Students write several qualitative reports, called qualitative notebooks, which involve data that they collect (via three different types of interviews), analyze (using nine qualitative analysis techniques via qualitative software), and interpret. Each notebook is edited by the instructors to help them improve the quality of subsequent notebook reports. Finally, we advocate asking students who have previously taken this course to team-teach future courses. We hope that our exemplar for teaching and learning qualitative research will be useful for teachers and students alike.

Keywords

Teaching Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research Pedagogy, Qualitative Notebooks

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1807

Recommended APA Citation

Onwuegbuzie, A. J., Leech, N. L., Slate, J. R., Stark, M., Sharma, B., Frels, R., Harris, K., & Combs, J. P. (2012). An Exemplar for Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research. The Qualitative Report, 17(1), 16-77. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1807