Module 03 - Background Information

The following article and web resources will give you more information about the topics that were identified and discussed in the module 3 homepage. These readings explain the use of "conceptual frameworks" as well as data collection techniques that could be used in qualitative research.
 

Required reading

Read the following peer reviewed article to learn more about  how qualitative data collection techniques are utilized:

Mackey, B, Pitcher, S, &  Decman, J.2006. The Influence of Four elementary Principals upon their Schools’ reading programs and Students’ Reading Scores, Education, 127 (1) 17 pages

Read the information on semi-structured interviews (discussed as "tool 9") on the following page:

Semi-structured interviews, retrieved January, 2008 from http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5307e/x5307e08.htm

Websites: (required)

Research method resources on the World Wide Web:

The University of British Columbia, Research Methods Resources on the WWW, Qualitative interviewing retrieved January, 2008 from http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/interviews.htm

**NOTE, not all of the links in the above sight are active, but you should still be able to get a good overview of qualitative interviewing techniques

The University of British Columbia, Research Methods Resources on the WWW, Oral history methods retrieved May, 2007 from http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/interviews.htm

University of Surrey, Social Research Update, Vignette technique, retrieved May 2007 from http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU25.html

Research Issues in Art Design and Media, Diaries and fieldnotesin the research process retrieved May 2007 from http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/riadm/issueOne/researchDiaries.asp

Research Issues in Art Design and Media, Diaries and Fieldnotes in the research process: Practical issues retrieved May 2007 from http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/riadm/issueOne/practicalIssues.asp

Examples of conceptual frameworks can be found on the following websites:

Levinge, B. 1996. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding How Health and Nutrition Factors Influence School Achievement: The Active Learning Capacity Model retrieved May 2007 from http://www.edc.org/GLG/NHEA/concept.html

A second example of a conceptual framework is titled:

Daly, J.A  "A conceptual framework for the study of the impacts of the internet" retrieved May 2007 from http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/library/papers/jdaly/concept.htm