Case Study in the Contemporary World of Research: Using Notions of Purpose, Place, Process and Product to Develop Some Principles for Practice

MacPherson, Ian; Brooker, Ross; Ainsworth, Paul

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“…Contrary to the traditional research paradigm in which the scientific method is context independent, case study research encourages researchers to focus on the context and be receptive to multiple, interacting influences (Rubaie, 2002). Designed to investigate the rich complexities of social phenomena and the sociocultural environments in which they are situated, a case study is conceptualized as a useful and culturally responsive qualitative research strategy (MacPherson, Brooker, & Ainsworth, 2000). Use of the case study as a heuristic methodological approach allows the researchers to deepen the reader's understanding of the participant's phenomenology in a manner that extends the reader's own experience (Corcoran, Walker, & Wals, 2004).…”

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The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study

West-Olatunji

Frazier

Guy

et al. 2007

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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This article presents the sociohistorical experiences of Vietnamese Americans that contextualize the therapeutic relationship. Using a case study approach, researchers illustrate the use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development model (D. W. Sue & D. Sue, 2003) in the analysis of an interview with a young, adult, Vietnamese immigrant. Este artículo muestra las experiencias histórico‐sociales de Americanos Vietnamitas que contextualizan la relación terapéutica. Empleando la aproximación de un estudio de caso, investigadores ilustran el uso del modelo de Desarrollo de Identidad Racial/Cultural por sus siglas en inglés, de D.W. Sue & D. Sue, 2003, en el análisis de una entrevista con un inmigrante Vietnamita adulto y joven.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study

West-Olatunji

Frazier

Guy

et al. 2007

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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“…If resources are scarce, a single case studied in depth can provide a good contribution of knowledge about the specific topic chosen. As argued by Macpherson, Brooker and Ainsworth (2000) through case study research it is possible of creating thick descriptions and rich understandings of social contexts that have relevance and resonance across social sites. This can be useful for creating insights for public policy makers as well as for social actors engaged in the policy process.…”

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Analyzing policy processes as complex systems: The case of Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative.Analyzing policy processes as complex systems: Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative.

Almaguer-Kalixto¹,

Amozurrutia²,

Servós³

2014

J. sociocybern.

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This paper presents a research methodology for analyzing policy processes that are defined at the global level but implemented locally. The interrelations between these two levels pose great conceptual challenges in explaining the changes, transformations and continuations occurring in this complex process based on empirical information. Understanding the policy process as a complex system, this paper proposes analyzing macro, meso and micro levels as subsystems of the total process, identifying the interrelations between policy action, actors and discourses. The paper takes the example of the Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative (MSDI) of the Puebla Panama Plan (PPP), a regional integration plan for a new ‘Mesoamerica’ that originally included the seven Central American countries and the southern states of Mexico.

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“…Its research outcomes are essentially expressed in linguistic forms, where the themes arising from the participants' perceptions of practices and environment are conveyed. Thus, it is regarded as soft, less concrete, and therefore, is regarded less highly than quantitative projects [25].…”

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The Evaluation of Community Arts Projects and the Problems with Social Impact Methodology

Clements

2007

Int J Art Design Ed

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This article focuses on the evaluation of participatory community arts programmes and analyses the shift in educational emphasis from aesthetic to social outcomes. It considers a range of theoretical models and practices in the field which includes my own experience.The history of evaluative methodology highlights procedural concerns which are applied to current strategies of evaluating social impact. This is critiqued with regards to consent and participant intention, lack of discrimination between 'natural' and 'synthetic' instrumentality, and issues surrounding measurement and the validation of impact through social auditing.This foregrounds broader debates concerning the politics of evaluation. An ideal democratic method is suggested that encourages participant involvement, empowerment and self-management. This is compared to normative bureaucratic and autocratic approaches steeped in top-down agendas which may exacerbate social problems. JADE 26.3 (2007) Abstract

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Case Study in the Contemporary World of Research: Using Notions of Purpose, Place, Process and Product to Develop Some Principles for Practice

Cited by 13 publications

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The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study

The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study

Analyzing policy processes as complex systems: The case of Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative.Analyzing policy processes as complex systems: Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative.

The Evaluation of Community Arts Projects and the Problems with Social Impact Methodology

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