Open AccessUsing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis from a Realist Perspective
Author(s) -
Hyeseung Jeong,
Juliana Othman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2016.2300
Subject(s) - interpretative phenomenological analysis , perspective (graphical) , qualitative research , epistemology , realism , postmodernism , critical realism (philosophy of perception) , sociology , phenomenology (philosophy) , pedagogy , psychology , social science , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence
The article presents how a study that investigated the acquisition of second language academic literacy skills practised the qualitative methodology, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), from a realist perspective. We share the rationale behind the methodological decisions made in the study, which is followed by a detailed description of the methodological practice. In addition, the evaluation of the study against the realist criteria is reported, and some implications of using IPA based on realism for educational research are discussed. Overall, we suggest that IPA practice from a realist perspective helps go beyond postmodernism paradigms that seems to exert considerable influence on qualitative research in education.