Graduate Students' Voice and Conceptions on the Challenges of Undertaking Qualitative Research within Higher Education Context: A Grounded Theory Approach

Autor/inn/en	Bakhshi, Hossein; Weisi, Hiwa; Yousofi, Nouroddin
Titel	Graduate Students' Voice and Conceptions on the Challenges of Undertaking Qualitative Research within Higher Education Context: A Grounded Theory Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 14 (2022) 3, S.1055-1078 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bakhshi, Hossein) ORCID (Weisi, Hiwa) ORCID (Yousofi, Nouroddin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2050-7003
DOI	10.1108/JARHE-02-2021-0049
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Student Research; Qualitative Research; Higher Education; Grounded Theory; Credibility; Hermeneutics; Data Analysis; Data Interpretation; Writing for Publication; Productivity; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Studentenforschung; Qualitative Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Glaubwürdigkeit; Hermeneutik; Auswertung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Produktivität
Abstract	Purpose: This paper explores the challenges of conducting qualitative research from ELT (English Language Teaching) Ph.D. candidates' perspectives. Design/methodology/approach: The participants of the study consisted of 30 Iranian Ph.D. students majoring in ELT. The semi-structured interview was employed to investigate the heart of experiences, issues and concerns of participants with regard to conducting qualitative research (QLR) challenges. To analyze the collected data, the recorded interviews were transcribed, and then the grounded theory approach was employed (Charmaz, 2006). Findings: The results revealed that the major challenges of the participants consist of the credibility of QLR in ELT contexts, hermeneutic and fuzzy nature of QLR, qualitative data analysis and interpretation, publishing qualitative findings and the system of measuring professors' productivity. Originality/value: The findings may help professors, mainly EFL ones, in research mentoring and developing research syllabi for graduate students. In addition, it may motivate Ph.D. candidates to employ QLR methods in their research studies. The pedagogical and theoretical implications of the study are discussed at the end of the paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01