Building Connections: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Qualitative Research Students' Learning Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Cooper, Robin; Fleischer, Anne; Cotton, Fatima A.
Titel	Building Connections: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Qualitative Research Students' Learning Experiences
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 17 (2012), Artikel 1 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Prior Learning; Active Learning; Researchers; Phenomenology; Program Descriptions; Learning Experience; Student Experience; Semi Structured Interviews; Interdisciplinary Approach; Emotional Experience; Learning Motivation; Student Motivation; Participant Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Vorkenntnisse; Aktives Lernen; Researcher; Forscher; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Lernerfahrung; Studienerfahrung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	This paper describes a phenomenological study in which the authors explored students' experiences learning qualitative research in a variety of academic fields. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six participants from various academic fields who had completed at least one post-secondary-school-level qualitative research course and who were not students of the researchers. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), the researchers identified five primary themes representing the lived experience and meaning found in the participants' experience of learning qualitative research: (a) a variety of feelings are experienced, (b) a pivotal experience serves as a catalyst in the learning process, (c) the central role of story, (d) active learning, and (e) relating learning to prior knowledge. The findings both support and contribute new aspects to the knowledge of this experience. The results also point to "building connections" as the essence of the phenomenon of learning qualitative research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10