Narrative Assignment

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Humanities

Write a 3-page narrative. In your narrative, be sure to respond to the following:

  • Summarize what you have learned about the similarities and differences among the approaches.
  • Describe what you’ve learned by comparing the options and what you choose the approach that you plan to use for your research plan in this course.
  • Identify the approach you intend to use for your research question.
  • Describe your rationale for your choice of approach.

**Method of choice is PHEMENOLOGY***

the topic it will be used with is the experiences of women in rural north georgia and substance abuse issues

Basic Qualitative Research

Bowers, B. J., Fibich, B., & Jacobson, N. (2001). Care-as-service, care-as-relating, care-as-comfort: Understanding nursing home residents’ definitions of quality.
The Gerontologist,
41(4), 539–545. Retrieved from
http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/

Care-as-Service, Care-as-Relating, Care-as-Comfort Understanding Nursing Home Residents’ Definitions of Quality by Bowers, B.; Fibich, B.; Jacobson, N., in The Gerontologist, Vol. 41/Issue 4. Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press – Journals, The Gerontological Society of America. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press – Journals, The Gerontological Society of America via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Qualitative Case Study

Donnelly, C., Brenchley, C., Crawford, C., & Letts, L. (2013). The integration of occupational therapy into primary care: A multiple case study design.
BMC Family Practice,
14(60), 1–12. doi:10.1186/1471-2296-14-60

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Grounded Theory

Barello, S., Graffigna, G., Vegni, E., Savarese, M., Lombardi, F., & Bosio, A. C. (2015). ‘Engage me in taking care of my heart’: A grounded theory study on patient-cardiologist relationship in the hospital management of heart failure.
BMJ Open,
5(3), e005582. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005582

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Heuristic Inquiry (PHEMENOLOGY)

Howard, A., & Hirani, K. (2013). Transformational change and stages of development in the workplace: A heuristic inquiry.
Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 8(1/2), 71–86. Retrieved from
http://www.metaintegralstore.com/jitp/

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Narrative Inquiry

Blustein, D. L., Kozan, S., & Connors-Kellgren, A. (2013). Unemployment and underemployment: A narrative analysis about loss.
Journal of Vocational Behavior,
82(3), 256–265. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.005

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Systems Theory

Pallan, M., Parry, J., & Adab, P. (2012). Contextual influences on the development of obesity in children: a case study of UK South Asian communities.
Preventive Medicine,
54(3), 205–211. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.01.018

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Ethnography/Autoethnography

Hernandez, K. A. C., Ngunjiri, F. W., & Chang, H. (2015). Exploiting the margins in higher education: A collaborative autoethnography of three foreign-born female faculty of color.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education,
28(5), 533–551. doi:10.1080/09518398.2014.933910

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

McCormack, M. (2014). The intersection of class, youth masculinities and decreasing homophobia: An ethnography.
British Journal of Sociology,
65(1), 130–149. doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12055

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Participatory Community Approaches

Hutchinson, S. L., & Gallant, K. A. (2016). Can senior centres be contexts for aging in third places?
Journal of Leisure Research, 48(1), 50–68. doi:10.18666/JLR-2016-V48-I1-6263

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Patton, M. Q. (2015).
Qualitative research & evaluation methods: Integrating theory and practice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

  • Chapter 4, “Practical and Actionable Qualitative Applications” (pp. 169–242)

Grant, C., & Osanloo, A. (2014). Understanding, selecting, and integrating a theoretical framework in dissertation research: Creating the blueprint for your “house.” Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 4(2), 12–26. doi:10.5929/2014.4.2.9. Retrieved from
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1058505.pdf

Wu, J. M., Viswanathan, M., & Ivy, J. S. (2012). A conceptual framework for future research on mode of delivery.
Maternal and Child Health Journal,
16(7), 1447–1454. doi:10.1007/s10995-011-0910-x

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Optional Resources

Ravitch, S. M., & Riggen, M. (2017).
Reason & rigor: How conceptual frameworks guide research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Reason & Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research, 2nd Edition by Ravitch, S.; Riggen, M. Copyright 2016 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.

  • Chapter 3, “Origins of a Conceptual Framework: The Birth of Grit” (pp. 35–56)
  • Chapter 4, “Excavating Questions: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design” (pp. 57–78)