But was it Trustworthy? Methodological Experiences From a Study of a Hard-to-Reach Group of Students in Need of a Flexible Research Approach

IF 3.9 2区 社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY International Journal of Qualitative Methods Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/16094069241234805
Johan Malmqvist, Andrea Atterström, Ann-Katrin Swärd
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Pedagogical research on experiences of learning among students with severe speech and physical impairment (SSPI) is sparse. This may be due to a lack of research-on-research methodology literature about students with SSPI, as they are difficult to find and there are barriers to their participation in mainstream research. Hence, method development is especially important regarding these students, who cannot participate when traditional inquiry methods are used. This article’s objective is therefore to advance method development by means of a retrospective investigation. The empirical findings consist of documented experiences from a previous study of students with SSPI (henceforth, “literacy study”). A computer-assisted email dialogue technique was developed in the literacy study’s pilot study and eventually used in the main study, to investigate the students’ experiences of their literacy development. The aim of this study is to retrospectively and critically examine the scientific trustworthiness of a methodological research approach based on an email dialogue technique used exploratively in the literacy study, to investigate the literacy development among the students grounded in their own experiences, and to contribute methodological experiences gained from that study regarding the relationship between the use of verification strategies and checking techniques. The computer-assisted email dialogue approach was necessary because the few participants were spread over great geographical distances. The approach was developed as an explorative and flexible inclusive research design and was used within the tradition of participatory research. The students in both the pilot and main studies (8–16 years of age) were treated as collaborators rather than research subjects. Both the verification strategies and techniques regarding trustworthiness criteria were found to be important for trustworthiness. The main conclusion, based on our experiences in this retrospective investigation, is that it is necessary to continuously and thoroughly focus on trustworthiness issues throughout the research process to obtain trustworthy findings.
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但它可信吗?对难以接近的学生群体进行研究的方法经验,需要灵活的研究方法
有关严重言语和肢体障碍(SSPI)学生学习经验的教学研究很少。这可能是由于缺乏有关 SSPI 学生的研究方法文献,因为很难找到他们,而且他们参与主流研究也存在障碍。因此,对于这些使用传统探究方法时无法参与的学生,方法开发尤为重要。因此,本文的目的是通过回顾性调查推进方法开发。实证研究结果包括以前对患有 SSPI 的学生进行的一项研究(以下简称 "扫盲研究")中记录的经验。在扫盲研究的试点研究中开发了一种计算机辅助电子邮件对话技术,并最终用于主要研究,以调查学生的扫盲发展经验。本研究的目的是回顾性地、批判性地检查基于扫盲研究中探索性使用的电子邮件对话技术的方法论研究方法的科学可信性,调查学生基于自身经验的读写能力发展情况,并贡献从该研究中获得的关于使用验证策略和检查技术之间关系的方法论经验。计算机辅助电子邮件对话方法是必要的,因为少数参与者分布在遥远的地理区域。这种方法是作为一种探索性和灵活的包容性研究设计而开发的,并在参与式研究的传统范围内使用。试点研究和主要研究中的学生(8-16 岁)都被视为合作者,而不是研究对象。我们发现,有关可信度标准的验证策略和技术对可信度都很重要。根据这次回顾性调查的经验,我们得出的主要结论是,有必要在整个研究过程中持续、全面地关注可信度问题,以获得值得信赖的研究结果。
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods
International Journal of Qualitative Methods SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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139
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12 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal Highlights Impact Factor: 5.4 Ranked 5/110 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary – SSCI Indexed In: Clarivate Analytics: Social Science Citation Index, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and Scopus Launched In: 2002 Publication is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC) Submit here International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM) is a peer-reviewed open access journal which focuses on methodological advances, innovations, and insights in qualitative or mixed methods studies. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information.
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