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Reason & Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research

Autor Sharon M. Ravitch, J. Matthew Riggan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mar 2016
Exploring the conceptual framework that helps direct and ground researchers, this is a practical book that presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism - process and product.  The authors discuss a conceptual framework as both a guide and a ballast for empirical research with specific questions and strategies for exploring what is already known about a given topic or question.   In the second edition two new chapters have been added; chapter 3 focuses on how conceptual frameworks are conceptualized and developed, profiling Angela Duckworth's seminal work on grit.  The chapter addresses the question on the minds of graduate students preparing for the dissertation process:  how do I get started?  A second published work (along with Margaret Beale Spencer's featured in chapter 7) that utilizes quantitative methods and brings the book into greater balance in terms of methodological focus.
Chapter 8 is the second new chapter and provides a student's perspective on the role of conceptual frameworks in the research process from beginning to end.   Many more visuals have been included which assist in illustrating key ideas and relationships providing a clear roadmap for the reader, combined with a thorough updating of the relevant research.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781483340401
ISBN-10: 1483340406
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

[The Second Edition] does a better job than any other text I’ve read of demystifying research by emphasizing the process rather than the strategies.”
“[This book] is a very good examination of the ways conceptual frameworks play themselves out in different contexts examining the different aspects of the conceptual frameworks as they appear in literature that has been published (including the dissertation).”
“[This text] provides an excellent overview of the use of conceptual frameworks to guide research.”

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Introduction to Conceptual Frameworks
Conceptual Frameworks Explored and Defined
Elements of a Conceptual Framework
Organization of this Book
Concluding Thoughts: Using Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 2: Why Conceptual Frameworks?
What (and Where) is Theory?
Whose Theory is It, and Where Does It Come From?
What is a Literature Review, and What is It For?
The Case for Conceptual Frameworks: Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 3: Origins of a Conceptual Framework: The Birth of Grit
Background and context: An overview of the work in focus
The argument
Origins: Conversations with the dead and the living
Formulating the concept: From conversing to inquiring
Forming and advancing the argument
Chapter 4: Excavating Questions
“Excavating” Research Questions
About the Author
Background and Context: An Overview of the Work in Focus
The Argument
Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design
The Co-evolution of Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design
Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design: Concluding Thoughts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 5: The Role of the Conceptual Framework in Data Collection and Fieldwork
Who You Are, How You Think, and What You Study
About the Author
Background and Context: An Overview of the Work in Focus
The Argument
Hyphenated Selves as a Theoretical Framework
The Hyphen as Method: Positionality and Practice
Conceptual Frameworks and Fieldwork: Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 6: Conceptual Frameworks and the Analysis of Data
Examining the Influence of an Ever-Emerging Conceptual Framework
About the Author
Background and Context: An Overview of the Work in Focus
The Argument
From Argument to Analysis
Transcription as Data Analysis
Evolving and Shifting Frameworks of Analysis
Conceptual Frameworks and Data Analysis: Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 7: Expanding the Conversation, Extending the Argument: The Role of Conceptual Frameworks in Presenting, Explaining, and Contextualizing Findings
About the Author
Background and Context: AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK IN FOCUS
Being in Conversation With Theory: Influences on Thought and Action
The Argument
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Reflections on the Making and Re-making of a Conceptual Framework - William K. Dunworth
Developing a Conceptual Framework
Challenges in the field
Revisiting Conceptual Frameworks: Turning Artifacts into Processes
“Everything is data”: Returning to the field
Revising the conceptual framework and integrating findings
Chapter 9: The Conceptual Framework as Guide and Ballast
Developing a Conceptual Framework
Starting Points: Self and Audience
Making—and Breaking—Your Plans
The Conversation: From Listening to Speaking
Strategies and Exercises for Developing Conceptual Frameworks
Identifying Your Interests, Beliefs, and Motivations for Doing Research
Examination of the “Conversations Already Happening”
Ongoing Questions and Concerns about the Research
Concept Maps
Research Memos
Research Journal
Reason and Rigor

Descriere

With new coverage of how conceptual frameworks are conceptualized and developed and of a student's perspective on the role of conceptual frameworks, this book presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism - process and product.