Qualitative Strategies in Social and Educational Research: The Life History Method in Theory and Practice. Newland Papers, Number Fourteen.

Autor/in	Armstrong, Paul F.
Institution	Hull Univ. (England). School of Adult and Continuing Education.
Titel	Qualitative Strategies in Social and Educational Research: The Life History Method in Theory and Practice. Newland Papers, Number Fourteen.
Quelle	(1987), (172 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-85959-096-2
Schlagwörter	Biographies; Case Studies; Data Collection; Educational Research; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Oral History; Qualitative Research; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Resource Materials; Social Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Data capture; Datensammlung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ethnografie; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Qualitative Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Quellenmaterial; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung
Abstract	Already a standard technique in anthropology, the life history method is widely used in the development of oral and local history, and within educational and social science research the method is growing in popularity. This is in large part due to the growing respectability of qualitative research in general. Part I of this paper explains the life history method and points out its practical value as well as some of its pitfalls and difficulties. In order to demonstrate its diverse applications, four examples of research using this method are presented. The range of strategies employed in data collection, techniques of data analysis, and the value of this approach is expressed as the researchers' reasons for choosing this investigative method. The theoretical roots of the approach are oriented toward the perspective within social theory known as symbolic interactionism. Part II focuses on actual life history research techniques. Guidelines are provided followed by an actual example of research conducted by the author. An appendix lists some practical notes intended to aid anyone wishing to carry out life history research. Part III contains a 188-item annotated and cross-referenced bibliography, divided by subject, of social and educational research studies that have made use of the life history method. (JB)
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