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Typical Areas of Confusion for Students New to Qualitative Research
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Typical Areas of Confusion for Students New to Qualitative Research

Leslie Ann Locke
Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education, pp.117-123
Springer International Publishing
02/27/2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05900-2_10

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Abstract

Students who are new to qualitative research methods tend to struggle with a handful of key concepts. This chapter consists of some of my reflections regarding teaching introductory qualitative research methods courses for graduate students from a variety of fields. I detail the major challenges I have seen students struggle with in these classes, namely truth and objectivity, generalizability or lack thereof, positionality, and ambiguity. I interweave my perspectives about these challenges and hopefully provide some useful wisdom for students to take away.

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