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The Mindful Qualitative Researcher

  • ISBN-13: 9781071879139
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Laura L. Lemon
  • Price: AUD $103.00
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  • Local release date: 27/12/2024
  • Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 139.00mm) 128 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Research methods: general [GPS]
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This book explores the ways in which mindfulness can enhance the role of the researcher in qualitative inquiry. Many qualitative method texts discuss honing self-reflexivity, developing awareness, or bracketing pre-existing knowledge. However, few texts provide a tool to learn how to exercise reflexivity, cultivate awareness, or identify biases. This book uses a tangible practice, mindfulness meditation, as a means to train and prepare researchers across disciplines to enter into the field. It is written with the novice researcher in mind, specifically those navigating a graduate program and being introduced to qualitative methods for the first time. Each chapter presents a qualitative method along with a mindfulness practice that stems from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) philosophy and training. The reader is encouraged to complete a writing component, Mindful Memos, alongside the practice.

 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Exploring the Self by Learning to Listen Chapter 3: Interviewing with a Beginners Mind Chapter 4: Sharing Loving-Kindness in Focus Groups Chapter 5: Mindfully Walking into Participant Observation Chapter 6: Noting to Deal with Data Management Chapter 7: Exercising Open Awareness in Data Analysis Chapter 8: Slowing Down to Begin Writing Chapter 9: Conclusion

 

 

 

 

This is a practical guide to teaching qualitative research and building research competencies, a book that brings research to life, and a must-have book for students before going out to the field. -- Millicent M. Musyoka
The book is a unique one as it introduces a bold move in teaching qualitative research methods. It is certainly a great addition to the course material. -- Maaly Younis
This book offers practices of mindfulness and meditation as an entry point to qualitative research. It offers exercises and activities to practice mindfulness throughout the research process, from considering your subjectivity to data generation strategies like focus groups or interviews. -- Maureen Flint

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