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  2. Grounded theory - Wikipedia

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    Grounded theory combines traditions in positivist philosophy, general sociology, and, particularly, the symbolic interactionist branch of sociology.According to Ralph, Birks and Chapman, [9] grounded theory is "methodologically dynamic" [7] in the sense that, rather than being a complete methodology, grounded theory provides a means of constructing methods to better understand situations ...

  3. Qualitative research - Wikipedia

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    Autoethnography, the study of self, is a qualitative research method in which the researcher uses his or her personal experience to understand an issue. Grounded theory is an inductive type of research, based on ("grounded" in) a very close look at the empirical observations a study yields.

  4. Kathy Charmaz - Wikipedia

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    In this article, she first explained her social constructivist perspective (from medical sociology) as “one variation” of grounded theory, one that takes analysis “a step further” finding out how each concept “develops, changes and gives rise to the consequences.” [4] Constructivist grounded theory “shifts the epistemological ...

  5. Jane Mills - Wikipedia

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    Mills' best known work relates to constructivist grounded theory and in particular her book with Professor Melanie Birks Grounded Theory a Practical Guide. [4] Published by Sage, this text is considered to be one of the most contemporary guides to grounded theory methodology/methods and is widely used by higher degree research candidates.

  6. Theoretical sampling - Wikipedia

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    Grounded theory can be described as a research approach for the collection and analysis of qualitative data for the purpose of generating explanatory theory, in order to understand various social and psychological phenomena. Its focus is to develop a theory from continuous comparative analysis of data collected by theoretical sampling.

  7. Philosophy of education - Wikipedia

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    The term "education" can refer either to the process of educating or to the field of study investigating education as this process. This ambiguity is also reflected on the level of the philosophy of education, which encompasses the study of the philosophical presuppositions and issues both of education as a process and as a discipline. [10]

  8. Axial coding - Wikipedia

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    Axial coding in grounded theory is the process of relating codes (categories and concepts) to each other, via a combination of inductive and deductive thinking. According to Strauss and Corbin (1990, 1998) who propose the use of a "coding paradigm ", the basic framework of generic relationships is understood to include categories related to:

  9. Robert T. Craig - Wikipedia

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    Grounded practical theory, metacommunicative model of communication, practical discipline of communication Robert T. Craig (born May 10, 1947) is an American communication theorist from the University of Colorado, Boulder who received his BA in Speech at the University of Wisconsin–Madison , and his MA and PhD in communication from Michigan ...