Mills Chapter 07 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD
Tonight's 6/5 Discussion:
Guest Researcher Dr. Dan Bissonnette ~ Interviews
Galvan Model Lit Review D (p139) Q's on p100
Review Mills 7
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustments
Scholarly Article Critiques Check
Homework Due 6/10:
Read Galvan Model Literature Review E (p. 141)
Read Mills 8
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post
Next Class 6/10:
Guest Researcher Dr. Amy Eveskcige ~ AutoEthnography
Tonight's 6/5 Discussion:
Guest Researcher Dr. Dan Bissonnette ~ Interviews
Galvan Model Lit Review D (p139) Q's on p100
Review Mills 7
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustments
Scholarly Article Critiques Check
Homework Due 6/10:
Read Galvan Model Literature Review E (p. 141)
Read Mills 8
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post
Next Class 6/10:
Guest Researcher Dr. Amy Eveskcige ~ AutoEthnography
Wow! I think I'll transcribe my own interviews if I ever of down this path. I so appreciate these first hand discussions about people's research, it really let's is know how much time goes into their work. It is clear that Dr. Bissonnette is very passionate about his topic.
ReplyDeleteHe is very passionate about this topic! Nice work on bringing in social justice issues from finance class!!
DeleteWhat a great class! It is very clear how passionate and deeply involved Dr. Bissonnette is in this topic. He was fascinating to listen to. I love the idea of grounded theory. I think it would be hard to not have assumptions that would guide your questioning and coding. But if it worked, how cool to see themes pop up in your qualitative data. He had some really strong themes that would make for some great follow up research. Loved hearing about the details of his process.
ReplyDeleteI agree Alyssa, going into research with an open mind and no assumptions would be very difficult.
DeleteI too think it would be so tough to not go into it without assumptions. All I could think about was how biased I think I would be going into my research, especially if I was very passionate about the subject
DeleteI also liked the discussion of grounded theory. It made me think about my own classes and how hard teachers work to NOT make assumptions regarding incoming students just because of the paperwork placed on their desk before the new school year begins or the appearance of each student on the first day. Different, but I think similarities can be drawn!
DeleteI appreciate reading comments from everybody. As for no prior assumptions, I did have some. Social justice research about human beings is not mechanical. I did not have an idea I could couch as a theory to explain the perspectives of ALL principals. Dan
DeleteThank you Dan....social justice reforms are going to go head to head with zero tolerance policies that have done little to redirect many of our most at risk students' self-destructive behavior. I am sure you have read all the "Pipeline to Prison" literature and have many thoughts. Would love to have you up to visit Emerald Ridge sometime.
DeleteThe concept of grounded theory really threw me. I think that it makes a lot of sense. Dr. Dissonnette's process has been fascinating. My brain hurt while I listened to him discuss the transcription of the interview. I transcribed about four hours worth of audio for my action research project and nearly lost my mind in the process. Really great class!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! Grounded theory was very interesting.
DeleteI also struggled with grasping the theory, as you know. It seems like it would almost be impossible to go into research with no bias or expectations. I think the idea is good but would be difficult!
DeleteThat is funny, Eric. Looking back, my brain did hurt while coding all the transcripts! But the research journey was so interesting that it made the pain tolerable.
DeleteWhen I first heard about Grounded theory, I had a tough time figuring out what it was. After listening to Dr. Bissonnette's discussion, I feel a little more comfortable with it.
DeleteI struggle with the openness of qualitative research. For example, 8/8 interviewees spoke to having a family member with drug and/or alcohol issues in their childhood. Without a consistent frame, you could have one person who was beat in a drunken rage by dad on a weekly basis and a person whose parents had a public argument because dad drank to much at the Christmas party. These are two drastically different levels of alcohol related family issues and both let to the participant saying "Yes, I had a drug or alcohol related issues growing up".
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you Thomas. I'm wondering if it's not the scale of their experience but rather their perception of the experience or how it affected them. Their memory or trauma from the past is what is influencing them now in the decisions that they make. Maybe? Does that make sense? I don't know...
DeleteBut that is what I like most about qualitative research using the grounded theory. The data comes from what the participants perceived influenced their life. Maybe the guy getting beat feels the same as the guy seeing his mom drunk.
DeleteI agree Nathan, when you're looking at the information gathered from humans, you can not put a number or value on an experience. Who's to know what the impact of a situation is on who someone becomes, or how their own perspectives have changed because of it.
DeleteI apologize for an error I made in class, I misspoke. It was only 7 of 8 subjects that expressed having experienced family alcohol/tobacco/other drug issues while growing up.
DeleteI think the key is being careful about drawing conclusions from data. I've personally made the mistake of making sweeping generalizations from data that I couldn't really do that with. I think that when qualitative data is validated by many studies, inferences can be drawn. I think that meta-analysis of literature is really important to figuring out exactly what it is we know about a topic.
DeleteWhat a fascinating research topic. The idea of grounded research was new to me. Dr. Bissonnette did a great job of describing his whole research process. It was very cool to see little bits and pieces from the reading and prior guest speakers weaved into his methods. A very thought-provoking presentation. I hope that I am the type of social justice leader that would be worthy to be considered one of Dr. Bissonnette's "8."
ReplyDeleteGrounded theory was new to me too. The importance of not having any preconceived ideas is certainly important as a researcher.
DeleteOne agenda item for next year is to implement RP. Dr. Bissonnette's research has been fascinating. Particularly about the 8/8 people interviewed and how they all had very similar childhood experiences. His interviews were incredible and very intense. I will certainly looking at his research and references because I am researching the same topic. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome Solina! He did a lot of transcription just for 8 people. I am sure you will have a blast with his 34 page references.
DeleteTotally agree. I'd imagine the interviews were very intense. As we start to understand the research process more the more I am realizing that the good researchers let the research guide their thoughts, and not the other way around.
DeleteThis is very interesting topic especially given that we don't really look at social justice through the lens that Dr. Bissonnette did with his dissertation - this might just be from a higher education perspective. I am definitely not saying it is a stretch because the issue of social context becomes a huge factor here.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I think it was wonderful to hear about his grounded theory perspective and it was very insightful for me as I have seen many of these in articles I read recently.
I had never really consciously thought about grounded theory or understood it but I have encountered it four times in the last week! Now that I got a great explanation of it, I am seeing it every where!
DeleteDr. Bissonnette's research was very interesting to me. I worked in a foster home for at risk youth in the foster system so I have a soft spot in my heart for those "trouble kids". It was very interesting to hear about his process and interviewing. I would love to look further into these interviews with the principals.
ReplyDeleteGrounded Theory and qualitative research based on interviews are very insightful! I am very excited about using interview surveys as a part of my decision making in the years to come!
ReplyDeleteI think I, as with others, really thought grounded theory was interesting. It was really impressive to see what Dr. Bissonette did for his research. I like the option of being able to get first hand experiences from the person. However, I don't know if I would like to take the time to personally interview and pay for transcribing.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a fantastic class! The grounded theory definitely was an interesting point of discussion. I will certainly be reading chapter from his dissertation regarding the results. I also have a soft spot for those tough to reach kiddos and it was interesting to see the impact a powerful school leader can have on a child's life. In pursuing an administrative/leadership role I admit my biggest hesitation was separation from a place where I can impact kids. Tonight's class diminished some of those anxieties by approaching behavioral support from the admin perspective
ReplyDeleteI think it would be amazing to take Dr. Bissonette's idea of studying principal preparation programs and fly with it . . . I'm fairly confident that even our "unified" program has amazingly vast differences based on our professors. I am curious as to how much variation actually occurs between different programs while the ISLLC standards are met.
ReplyDeleteThough we focused on the transcribing and number part but I found the topic of Dr. Bissonette's study to be very interesting. I would like to know more about it. It would be difficult to have to stick to the same questions for every interview even though their responses would make you want to ask follow up questions.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to watch class on the computer for the first time! I really enjoyed Dr. Bissonette's research topic and it was great to hear about another qualitative study. Most of the studies I have read for my topic have been quantitative. I liked how April made the connection to the books we read in finance. There are many social justice issues in school and it is important as teachers and administrators to work on those issues. All students should get a chance for an education and no one should be left out.
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