“It requires interest, time, patience and struggle”: Novice researchers’ perspectives on and experiences of the qualitative research journey

• Mahmut Kalman ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Gaziantep

     University of Gaziantep

     Turquía

     
• Localización: Qualitative Research in Education, ISSN-e 2014-6418, Vol. 8, Nº. 3, 2019, págs. 341-377
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17583/qre.2019.4483
• Títulos paralelos:
  • "Requiere interés, tiempo, paciencia y lucha": Perspectivas de los investigadores noveles y experiencias del viaje con la investigación cualitativa
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    Este estudio tuvo como objetivo explorar las experiencias y perspectivas de los investigadores novatos sobre el viaje con la investigación cualitativa y determinar las dificultades abordadas y las estrategias desarrolladas durante la realización de la investigación cualitativa. El estudio fue una investigación de caso cualitativo basada en entrevistas que involucró a nueve estudiantes graduados en educación. Los datos se recopilaron entre 2017 y 2019 en una universidad estatal ubicada en el sureste de Turquía. Los datos fueron analizados por el contenido y revelaron varios hallazgos sobre el tema de investigación, que indican que los investigadores noveles consideraron el viaje con la investigación cualitativa como desalentador y abrumador, pero placentero y satisfactorio. A pesar del desarrollo académico y las lecciones aprendidas en el proceso, los investigadores se enfrentaron a varias dificultades relacionadas con la recopilación, el análisis y la interpretación de datos, el reclutamiento y el desarrollo de la relación, la representación de los hallazgos y el proceso de investigación en general. Además, desarrollaron estrategias de apoyo personal y externo durante el viaje de investigación. Las percepciones metafóricas retratan la naturaleza evasiva y distintiva de la investigación cualitativa.

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    This study aimed at exploring novice researchers’ experiences of and perspectives on the qualitative research journey and determining the difficulties tackled and strategies developed while conducting qualitative research. The study was an interview-based qualitative case study involving nine graduate students in education as the participants. The data were collected between 2017 and 2019 at a state university located in Southeastern Turkey. The content-analyzed data revealed several findings about the research topic, indicating that the novice researchers considered the qualitative research journey as daunting and overwhelming, but pleasurable and satisfying. Despite scholarly development and lessons learned in the process, the researchers confronted with several difficulties concerning data collection, analysis and interpretation, recruitment and developing rapport, representation of findings, and the research process as a whole. They developed personal and external support strategies during the research journey. The metaphorical perceptions portrayed the elusive and distinctive nature of qualitative research.

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