Qualitative Research in Education and Social SciencesDanica G. Hays Anneliese A. SinghSecond EditionLabel: Cognella IncDescription: Qualitative Research in Education and Social Sciences Second Edition provides readers with an in-depth guide on planning conducting and reporting qualitative research to inform professions communities and scholarship as a whole. It also considers the importance of cultivating the relationships that researchers develop with others as well as within themselves as they navigate complex questions that impact them both professionally and personally. Authors Danica G. Hays and Anneliese A. Singh organize this step-by-step guide in four sections: Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry; Qualitative Research Design; Data Collection and Analysis; and The Qualitative Research Proposal and Report. A focus on shared power collaboration and personal and political activism is infused in their research approach and recommended often throughout the text. This second edition reflects a more multidimensional perspective of the role of the qualitative researcher a restructured and updated presentation of qualitative research paradigms and traditions an expansion on online media research and a continuing eye toward empowerment and advocacy within the research conducted with participants and communities.This text is written at a level most suitable for graduate-level students practitioners and educators in a variety of education and social science disciplines.
