Open Access"Every Word is True": Stories of our Experiences in a Qualitative Research Course
Author(s) -
Janet C. Richards
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1088
Subject(s) - narrative , qualitative research , psychology , graduate students , perception , narrative inquiry , pedagogy , power (physics) , mathematics education , sociology , literature , art , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
There is a sparse body of literature about students' and instructors' experiences in graduate qualitative courses. In this study, 11 doctoral students and one instructor employed a narrative framework to uncover our perceived truths about our experiences as we interacted, studied, pondered, and journeyed through a qualitative research methods course. Data were my chronologically ordered notes documenting my thinking and perceptions about my students and me and the doctoral students' chronologically ordered e-mail stories to their peers and to me. The inquiry illuminated the doctoral students' growth as researchers and highlighted the power of shared stories. Our narratives captured our lives, and illuminated our joys, worries, intentions, and beliefs.