Creswell Chapter 1 Summary
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Alanna Staton
Liberty University
Dr. Randy Tierce
October 26, 2014
Creswell Chapter One Summary
As an introduction to the text, Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches, Cresswell (2013) first provides a purpose and rationale for writing the book. Although the purpose is not clearly formulated by the author, it is shown that Cresswell’s (2013) primary intention when writing the book was to fully examine the five qualitative approaches to inquiry.
” (p. 4). Moreover, no effort has been spared by Creswell (2013) to minimize subjectivity and personal bias, through the provision of multiple resources, a detailed glossary and the provision of analytical tables which present a diversity of philosophical and theoretical perspectives on various qualitative approaches; specifically as they related to various fields and disciplines (p. 5).
Creswell (2013) justifies his selection of the five approaches from a highly commendable knowledge-based perspective which he terms “positioning myself” (p. 6). The concept of positioning oneself embraces both philosophical and experiential values and seeks to illustrate the transient nature of qualitative inquiry and research design. In describing his personal journey, Creswell (2013) asserts, “over the years I have evolved into an applied research …show more content…
He also examines pragmatism with emphasis on its implication to research inquiry, primarily alluding to the position this worldview upholds that multiple methods of data collection be engaged with a view to discover “what works” (p. 28). Creswell continues to give his readers a broad perspective of views by discussing a number of other theories including the feminist theories, the critical theory, the critical race theory (CRT), the queer theory and the disability theories (Creswell,
Alanna Staton
Liberty University
Dr. Randy Tierce
October 26, 2014
Creswell Chapter One Summary
As an introduction to the text, Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches, Cresswell (2013) first provides a purpose and rationale for writing the book. Although the purpose is not clearly formulated by the author, it is shown that Cresswell’s (2013) primary intention when writing the book was to fully examine the five qualitative approaches to inquiry.
” (p. 4). Moreover, no effort has been spared by Creswell (2013) to minimize subjectivity and personal bias, through the provision of multiple resources, a detailed glossary and the provision of analytical tables which present a diversity of philosophical and theoretical perspectives on various qualitative approaches; specifically as they related to various fields and disciplines (p. 5).
Creswell (2013) justifies his selection of the five approaches from a highly commendable knowledge-based perspective which he terms “positioning myself” (p. 6). The concept of positioning oneself embraces both philosophical and experiential values and seeks to illustrate the transient nature of qualitative inquiry and research design. In describing his personal journey, Creswell (2013) asserts, “over the years I have evolved into an applied research …show more content…
He also examines pragmatism with emphasis on its implication to research inquiry, primarily alluding to the position this worldview upholds that multiple methods of data collection be engaged with a view to discover “what works” (p. 28). Creswell continues to give his readers a broad perspective of views by discussing a number of other theories including the feminist theories, the critical theory, the critical race theory (CRT), the queer theory and the disability theories (Creswell,