Stretching Exercises for Qualitative Researchers Contributor(s): Janesick, Valerie J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1483358275 ISBN-13: 9781483358277 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Reference | Research - Social Science | Methodology |
Dewey: 300.72 |
LCCN: 2015015154 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: In the new Fourth Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, Stretching Exercises for Qualitative Researchers, 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Janesick, Valerie J.: - Valerie J. Janesick (PhD, Michigan State University) is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, in the department of Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education, LCACHE, University of South Florida, Tampa. She teaches classes in qualitative research methods, curriculum theory and inquiry, and ethics in leadership. Her latest book, "Contemplative Qualitative Inquiry: Practicing the Zen of Research (2015) Left Coast Press, argues for the use of Zen approaches to qualitative inquiry cast as Contemplative Qualitative Inquiry. Her chapters in the Handbook of Qualitative Research (first and second editions) use dance and the arts as metaphors for understanding research. Her book, Oral History for the Qualitative Researcher: Choreographing the Story (2010), Guilford Press, incorporates, poetry, photography and the arts to capture lived experience. She serves on the editorial board of The Qualitative Report, and the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. She continues to take classes in yoga and meditation. |
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