Approaches to Qualitative Research
Key Concepts in Qualitative Methods
1st Edition
Published on 17. February 2026
302 pages
978-1-040-68514-3 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume offers an accessible introduction to selected approaches to qualitative research. Featuring 22 contributions from both established and emerging scholars in the field of qualitative inquiry, the volume highlights the field's multiplicity and ongoing evolution. The chapters trace established traditions such as grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, and case study, alongside other approaches including action research and critical participatory action research.
The volume also feature narrative, visual, and arts-based methodologies, as well as discourse-analytic and critical traditions, including conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and critical race methodologies. Each entry provides historical grounding and contemporary insights, with some including annotated bibliographies for further exploration. Collectively, the volume demonstrates the broad landscape of qualitative approaches to research, while offering some useful starting points.
This volume is intended for graduate students, scholars of qualitative methodology, instructors of qualitative methods, and qualitative researchers across disciplines. This resource is designed to inform and orient those who engage in qualitative inquiry. It provides an entry into qualitative methods and a catalyst for reimagining the possibilities of inquiry in response to emerging challenges.
The volume also feature narrative, visual, and arts-based methodologies, as well as discourse-analytic and critical traditions, including conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and critical race methodologies. Each entry provides historical grounding and contemporary insights, with some including annotated bibliographies for further exploration. Collectively, the volume demonstrates the broad landscape of qualitative approaches to research, while offering some useful starting points.
This volume is intended for graduate students, scholars of qualitative methodology, instructors of qualitative methods, and qualitative researchers across disciplines. This resource is designed to inform and orient those who engage in qualitative inquiry. It provides an entry into qualitative methods and a catalyst for reimagining the possibilities of inquiry in response to emerging challenges.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Reflowable
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4 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
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2,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-68514-3 (9781040685143)
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Jessica Nina Lester is Professor and Department Chair at Indiana University.
Content
Acknowledgements
Authors' Bios
Chapter 1: Entry Points to Qualitative Inquiry: An Introduction to Approaches to Qualitative
Research by Jessica Nina Lester
Chapter 2: Grounded Theory: History, Genres, and Implementation by Elaine Keane &
Robert Thornburg
Chapter 3: Phenomenological Research by Karin Wahlberg & Helena Dahlberg
Chapter 4: Existential Phenomenological Research by Brian Sohn & Katherine Greenberg
Chapter 5: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis by Chris Owens
Chapter 6: Historical Methods in Qualitative research by Lucy Carspecken & Sunil
Carspecken
Chapter 7: Ethnography by Pei-Jung Li
Chapter 8: Postcritical Ethnography by Allison Daniel Anders & Alexandra Panos
Chapter 9: Critical Ethnography by Pengfei Zhao
Chapter 10: Designing Case Studies for Education Policy Research by Chad Lochmiller
Chapter 11: Case Study Methodology in Qualitative Research by Kirsten Helstroem
Chapter 12: Action Research by Barbara Dennis
Chapter 13: Critical Participatory Action Research by Meagan Call-Cummings, Melissa
Hauber-OEzer, & Giovanni P. Dazzo
Chapter 14: Arts-Based Methodologies: Exploring Approaches in Relation to Theories
by Kelly Guyotte & Carlson Coolgar
Chapter 15: Ethnodrama/Ethnotheatre by Carmen Meyers
Chapter 16: Working the Image: Technologies, Ethics, and Approaches to Visual Research by
Vivek Vellanki and Tran Templeton
Chapter 17: Narrative Inquiry by Pei-Jung Li
Chapter 18: Critical Race Methodologies by David G. Martinez, Daniella Ann Cook, &
Allison Daniel Anders
Chapter 19: Discourse Analysis in Education Research by Francesca Williamson & Hanain
Brohi
Chapter 20: An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis by Katharine Hull & Alexandra
Panos
Chapter 21: Discursive Psychology by Suraj Uttamchandani
Chapter 22: Conversation Analysis by Darcy E. Furlong
Chapter 23: Mediated Discourse Analysis and Nexus Analysis by Karen Wohlwend
Index
Authors' Bios
Chapter 1: Entry Points to Qualitative Inquiry: An Introduction to Approaches to Qualitative
Research by Jessica Nina Lester
Chapter 2: Grounded Theory: History, Genres, and Implementation by Elaine Keane &
Robert Thornburg
Chapter 3: Phenomenological Research by Karin Wahlberg & Helena Dahlberg
Chapter 4: Existential Phenomenological Research by Brian Sohn & Katherine Greenberg
Chapter 5: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis by Chris Owens
Chapter 6: Historical Methods in Qualitative research by Lucy Carspecken & Sunil
Carspecken
Chapter 7: Ethnography by Pei-Jung Li
Chapter 8: Postcritical Ethnography by Allison Daniel Anders & Alexandra Panos
Chapter 9: Critical Ethnography by Pengfei Zhao
Chapter 10: Designing Case Studies for Education Policy Research by Chad Lochmiller
Chapter 11: Case Study Methodology in Qualitative Research by Kirsten Helstroem
Chapter 12: Action Research by Barbara Dennis
Chapter 13: Critical Participatory Action Research by Meagan Call-Cummings, Melissa
Hauber-OEzer, & Giovanni P. Dazzo
Chapter 14: Arts-Based Methodologies: Exploring Approaches in Relation to Theories
by Kelly Guyotte & Carlson Coolgar
Chapter 15: Ethnodrama/Ethnotheatre by Carmen Meyers
Chapter 16: Working the Image: Technologies, Ethics, and Approaches to Visual Research by
Vivek Vellanki and Tran Templeton
Chapter 17: Narrative Inquiry by Pei-Jung Li
Chapter 18: Critical Race Methodologies by David G. Martinez, Daniella Ann Cook, &
Allison Daniel Anders
Chapter 19: Discourse Analysis in Education Research by Francesca Williamson & Hanain
Brohi
Chapter 20: An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis by Katharine Hull & Alexandra
Panos
Chapter 21: Discursive Psychology by Suraj Uttamchandani
Chapter 22: Conversation Analysis by Darcy E. Furlong
Chapter 23: Mediated Discourse Analysis and Nexus Analysis by Karen Wohlwend
Index
