For this Major Assignment 1, you will incorporate your Instructor’s feedback if you have not already done so. Also, you will finalize your Major Assignment 1 and complete Part 3: Potential for Social Change section.
To prepare for this Assignment:
- Review the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
- Incorporate your Instructor’s feedback from week 4 Parts 1 and 2 submission. Please indicate the new material by highlighting the new or revised text in Parts 1 and 2.
- Update your Annotated Bibliography to include any new articles you have read since Week 4 that would be appropriate to include.
- Continue on to Part 3 and finalize this section for your final submission. Use the Detailed Major Assignment 1 Guidelines to format your paper.
Part 3: Potential for Social Change
- Based on your understanding of social change, write one paragraph to describe how the results of your study might contribute to making a difference at a local/community, regional, or national level.
- Finalize your Annotated Bibliography. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
- Finalize your References section of your paper. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
Learning Resources
Library Resources
Library Resources
Kezar, A. (2014). Higher education change and social networks: A review of the research. Journal of Higher Education, 85(1), 91-125.
Required Readings
Saldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding” (pp. 1–42)
- Chapter 2, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 43–65)
Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.
- Chapter 8, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 233–252)
- Chapter 9, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis (pp. 254–294)
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211)
Walden University. (2015). Social change. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change
Library Resources
Conroy, N.E.(2013). Rethinking adolescent peer sexual harassment: Contributions of feminist theory. Journal of School Violence, 12, 340-356.
Stahl, B., Doherty, N., Shaw, M., & Janicke, H. (2014). Critical Theory as an Approach to the Ethics of Information Security. Science & Engineering Ethics, 20(3), 675-699.
Required Readings
Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.
- Chapter 2, “Using Conceptual Frameworks in Research” (pp. 32–61)
- Chapter 3, “Critical Qualitative Research Design” (pp. 62–103)
- “Qualitative Research Design” (focus on pp. 62-63)
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Chapter 1, “Listening, Hearing, and Sharing” (pp. 1–11)
- Chapter 2, “Research Philosophy and Qualitative Interviews” (pp. 13–24)
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Document: Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Overview and Guidelines (PDF)
Use this document to guide you as you develop Part 1 for this Major Assignment.
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2016). Theoretical lens and frameworks for qualitative researchers [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
In this media program, Dr. Annie Pezalla, Associate Director, Center for Research Quality, Walden University, discusses the theoretical lens in qualitative research as well as the frameworks necessary for a qualitative approach.
Required Media
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 12 minutes.