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"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
Fourth Edition
- Valerie J. Janesick - University of South Florida, USA
Other Titles in:
Qualitative Methods | Qualitative Research (General) | Sociological Research Methods
Qualitative Methods | Qualitative Research (General) | Sociological Research Methods
October 2015 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
In the new Fourth Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, author Valerie J. Janesick uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research. In every chapter, “stretching” exercises help readers develop, practice, and hone fieldwork skills and vital habits of mind such as observation, interviewing, writing, creativity, technology, and analysis. While reading the book and working through the exercises, readers can complete a researcher’s reflective journal—an invaluable tool that will remain useful throughout their careers.
Chapter 1. Qualitative Research and Habits of Mind
Chapter 2. The Observation, Reflection, and Writing Habit
Chapter 3. Advancing the Observation, Reflection, and Writing Habit
Chapter 4. The Interview and Writing Habit
Chapter 5. The Creative Habit
Chapter 6. The Analysis Habit
Chapter 7. The Technology Habit
"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers is an important text, and a must have for qualitative researchers. For my students—and myself—the opportunities to deepen the creative self provide essential tools for broadening our horizons of understanding and approaches to our participants, our work, and ourselves.
Bastyr University
Research methods is a rigorous and over-rational man sitting in a pond. People are afraid of him and hold him in awe. No one invites him to dance. But Valerie J. Janesick did, because he saw his emotion, his passion, and his possibility to be a dancer.
University of Massachusetts, Boston
I loved this book by Janesick, have used it myself and will continue to use it. It is a great book with fantastic insights. I referenced it in class frequently, but the chapters were not practical enough for new graduate students to purchase as a full course text.
Community Health Sciences, Univ Of Manitoba
December 11, 2015
