QUESTION B Article1: Bowen (2006) Grounded theory and sensitizing concepts. Article 2: Balcazar, Fabrico et al (2012), A Case Study on liberation among Latino Immigrant families (with Disabled Children) Both studies can be used in qualitative and quantitative studies depending on the researchers’ interests. And support employment of multiple approaches in one study while collecting data. Both studies aimed at exploring emancipation, empowerment and liberation of the vulnerable groups of people. Both studies may be applicable for exploratory, descriptive or explanatory purposes, and may take critical, typical, or deviant approaches. However, Explaining and predicting a phenomenon or to build a theory is a subjective process, which relies entirely …show more content…
He conveyed to readers both the practical and theoretical and ways of approaching theory generation. Additionally, the author tried to bring to light on how sensitizing concepts provide starting point for building analysis of data to generate a grounded theory. As a research method, it’s appropriate for identifying and explaining phenomenon and social processes. The author clearly explains dynamics of theoretical framework in his study. This clearly gives the readers a line of reasoning and basis as to why we should move grounded theory further into postmodernism. He expounds on the importance of discourse analysis, and he tries explains how one can analyze discourse. Each section of this article has merit and readable and understandable. The author tried to balance the article that with inventive and creative practical applications in his article, He used appropriate literature, and good scholarly writing. Weakness However this article provides an argument as to the benefits of using grounded theory and builds a rational line of reasoning in defence of the argument. Although his article was logically written, it is somehow lacking some practical …show more content…
The study explored the data in real-life environment and also helped to explain the complexities of actual life situation which may not be captured via experimental or other methods. The article was clearly written, with credible scholarly referencing. All necessary quotes made the arguments hold water and a strong base. The author s clearly out lays the study population and the sample size which they involved in their study. The authors clearly showed the methods adopted in analyzing data. They used naturalistic inquiry approach and narrative recording. This makes their study more reliable and credible. Weakness ‘‘We encouraged potential participants to initiate the gradual process to create critical awareness by sharing personal life stories and helping to collect the experiences’’ (Balcazar, Fabrico et al (2012), the authors did not clearly reveal to the readers how they ensured ‘‘do no harm principle’’ Saying stories may open the wounds of the parents. There is a little basis for scientific generalization in this study especially with this single case. You cannot make generalization from one single case. It lacks
The target respondents were invited to complete the questionnaire and directed them to a brief explanation of the research. If a respondent volunteered to participate they were able to read the instructions and complete the questionnaire online from any internet-connected device. Contact details of the researcher were also provided in the initial description of the form should the respondent have any enquiry regarding the questionnaire. Data were collected on 23rd December 2015 from 8 a.m. until 8 a.am 24th December 2015. The length of time for data collection was considered ideal as it allowed a sufficient amount of time for interested respondent to participate in the study.
John Swales and James Paul Gee discuss about the samic tipic “Discourse”. In my point of view, their understanding of “Discourse” is similar. However, they explain it in different ways. In John Swales’ essay, he gives six defining charactertics of discourse community.
The authors also use statistics which shows they have done their research. This allows the audience to believe this article is a reliable
From analyzing this article, the author intended to explain
Although overall the subject was interesting, the method in which it was written seems to be sloppy and rush. At this juncture, I will explain the details in which drives me into believing such things about a published article. When writing a paper it is common practice to
Children whose families identify as members of this oppressed population are faced with a unique set of stressors and barriers. For example, a potential stressor for a child with undocumented parents would be the fear of losing a parent due to immigration
Sociology Midterm 1. Please provide the correct APA reference for your journal article (see Purdue OWL if you need help) Olson, J.S., & Crosnoe, R. (2017). Are you still bringing me down? Romantic involvement and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 58, 102-115.
Mark Edmundson’s article at first glance the reader may believe that it’s directed towards a younger audience, since he first mentions the “fragmented mind of the younger” (Edmundson 1), but as the article progresses it shows how it’s actually directed toward adults. Moreover, Edmundson’s articles are published in The Hedgehog Review which mostly appeals to scholars. The author wants to appeal a group of readers in the same academic environment as himself. Subsequently, Edmundson’s main purpose is to illustrate how our culture is filled with absorption not distraction.
The book encourages that they deal with their problems and wounds to improve their relationships with other. By dealing with the wounds, if can help for a secure attachment with their child, but if the parent doesn't work through their problems, it can cause the same avoidant or unsecure attachment as they
Running head: UNIT TWO ASSIGNMENT 1 UNIT TWO ASSIGNMENT 6 Unit Two Assignment ? Annotated Bibliography Michelle Kinyungu Kaplan University GM501-01: Management Theories and Practices II Dr. Carrie A. O?Hare January 19, 2016 Unit Two Assignment ?
It became a revolutionary in the field of qualitative analysis by offering ‘methodological consensus and systematic strategy’ for qualitative researchers. There are more than 3,650 journal articles and reports of research outcome published on the methodology itself , which proves its popularity as a choice of methodology. Grounded Theory is an inductive approach rather hypothesis testing deductively. In other words, It is a methodology seeking to create a theory from collected data, assuming that all data if collected scientifically, has a theory grounded in it. Grounded Theory is ‘the discovery of theory from data systematically obtained from social research’ 1.1 History Grounded Theory was developed by two sociologists namely Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in the nursing school of University of California San Francisco in 1960, with an enquiry of the patients dying in the hospital.
Based on Stuart Hall’s (2006) discussion of Foucault’s theory of discourse, a discourse is generally consisting of a group of statements that together offer a way of talking about a par-ticular knowledge on a certain topic. Many individuals can produce it together, in different institutional settings. The discourse thereby enables the construction of a topic in a specific way which at the same time limits other constructions of the same topic. A discourse is made up not only from one but a multiplicity of statements that all share the same style to talk about the same topic. However, it is not a closed off system, it draws statements from and into other discourses.
All the cited scholars have had different definitions and application of critical discourse analysis. However Van Dijk, Wodak and Fairclough have similar and correlating definitions and applications for critical discourse analysis of texts, the similarities are in that critical discourse analysis examines the context of the discourse, syntactic and lexical structures of text amongst other features. Wodak and Fairclough cited in Van Dijk (1997: 258) define critical discourse analysis as discourse analysis that, “analyses real and often extended instances of social interaction which take a linguistic form, or a partially linguistic form. The critical approach is distinctive in its view of (a) the relationship between language and society, and (b) the relationship between analysis and the practices analysed.” This study will apply the critical approach as explained by Wodak and Fairclough to locate the language used in the articles and the relationship between the language and Zille and De
The literature review gives justified information for the need of conducting the research. Apart from the introduction, there is no other information concerning the research title that could offer detailed information (Chaliha et a., 2001). Despite giving the justified information in the introduction section the paper should have had the literature review section, thus it did not follow the due steps and format of a research paper. The methodology part follows after the introduction and it discloses the methods used, the design, the people included in the study and how the data was sampled and examined. However, the reasons for choosing the design in the research were not
There is such a variety of definitions regarding discourse that make it difficult to stick to one definition, therefore the context to which discourse is used is helpful to narrowing down a less diverse definition. Michel Foucault (philosopher, social theorist and literary critic) used various definitions of discourse at separate instances. The rough definition that Foucault suggests for Discourse is ‘the general domain of all statements’. He also defines discourse as an adapted cluster of statements, which could relate to the distinct structures in discourse. Discourse has to do with distinguishing groups of statements which are controlled in a way that they match and reach a mutual effect.