1. 754A
Research Methods

2. Guba Pardigm Dialogic
Positivism: realist, dualist/objectivist, experimental/manipulative
Postpositivism: critical realist, modified objectivist, modified experimental/manipulative, natural setting
Constructivism: relativist, subjectivist, hermeneutic, dialectic
Guba,E. G. (1990). The paradigm dialog. Newbury Park, Ca. SAGE Publications, Inc.

3. Marshall, C. & Rossman, G. B. (2010). Designing qualitative research
Marshall, C. & Rossman, G. B. (2010). Designing qualitative research. Fifth edition. Sage Publications. Pg. 45

4. Method, Data Collection & Analysis
Research Method
Privileged
Way of Knowing
Date Collection
Data Analysis
By Method
Open ended qualitative
Life in context
Open ended qualitative interviews
Themes: Content Analysis
(Categorical, Holistic)
Narrative
Voice
Composite Stories
Phenomenology
Experience
Themes :Iterative Analysis
Heuristic
Interaction
PAR
Participant Action Research
Participation
Co-inquiry
Organic
(postmodern)
Collaboration
(the researcher is not separate)
Group response
Ethnography
Observation
Themes

5. Research Steps Research Method Data Collection Analysis Results
Epistemological
Stance
Research
Method
Data
Collection
Analysis
Results

6. Narrative Epistemological Stance
“Narrative research studies the whole person in context and examines whole lives. Stories convey information in a present time sense and include a felt sense, giving new perspectives and clarity to understanding experiences. The patterns of these experiences become apparent. Storytelling taps unconscious emotional material and memories that contain salient content about an event(Nelson et al, 2008, pg. 2).”

7. Narrative Data Collection
Written Narrative Task
Within a 30 min time frame, the youth were asked to write a short narrative about a vivid
experience that they had experienced in the program. This task was based on a
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methodology used by Morrill et al. (2000). RAs gave participants pencils and papers. The
instructions were the following:
Think back to a time you were participating in ____________ (name of program)
that really stands out to you. A time or an event that is very vivid. Where were you?
What was happening? Who else was there? What did you feel about what was
happening? How has participating in _________ helped or changed you and changed
your family or community?

8. Example of Content Categorical Analysis-Major Themes
Storytelling Narratives, Nelson et al

9. Storytelling Protocol
1. Name of main character
2. Type of character (examples: hero, priest, princess, monster, prince, queen, artist,
painter, movie star, handsome, father, fool, magician, elder, warrior, priestess,
wizard, learner, king, scholar, musician, writer, beauty, mother, teacher, rebel, child,
wise person, or make up your own).
3. Color associated with character.
4. How old?
5. Gender?
6. Ethnicity, culture or race?
7. Language spoken at home?
8. Characteristics of character? (examples: brave, inquisitive, curious, deep, wounded,
caring, musical, ugly, open knowledgeable, innocent, strong, wise, vulnerable,
insecure, loving, creative, afraid, angry, wondering, foolish, trusting, or make up
your own)
9. What was character like before ___________ (name of program)? At school? At
home?
10. What was difficult for character in the ___________ (name of program)?
11. What has helped with the difficulty? (could be other people, something inside the
character)
12. What is the character like now? At school? At home?
13. How does the character affect the community around him or her?

10. Storytelling Results

11. Character Transformation