Valerie J Janesick
Biographic Data
| ID | 122854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie J Janesick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie J |
| FAMILY NAME | Janesick |
| SIGNATURE | JANESICK V J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Oral History Interviewing with Purpose and Critical Awareness
Oral history interviewing is a viable qualitative research orientation for many qualitative researchers in various disciplines. Oral history is the collection of stories, statements, and reminiscences of a person or persons who have firsthand knowledge of any number of experiences. It offers qualitative researchers a way to capture the lived experiences of participants. The techniques of oral history are those of the qualitative researcher, inclu…
Life/ography as Storytelling
This article reflexively engages and discusses a Life/ography project involving two female superintendents of schools in two U.S. North Central states who are dedicated to making their respective districts a better learning community. Life/ography is used to refer to life history, oral history, and biography as valued qualitative research approaches for understanding the social world of individuals-in this case, of female leaders. Originally, the…
“Stretching” Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
In the new 4th Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, author Janesick uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into intuitive and creative side of their research. stretching exercises help readers develop, practice, develop skills and vital habits of mind such as observation, interviewing, writing, creativity
Journaling, Reflexive
Journal writing as a reflexive activity is a mainstay for many qualitative researchers across numerous disciplines. Researchers in the social sciences and other fields call this reflexive journaling or the researcher reflective journal. Qualitative research has a long history of its own which includes deep discussion of this technique (Janesick, 1995, 2011). It has proven to be effective for researchers setting out to understand their own process…
Peer Debriefing
Peer debriefing is a technique used by many qualitative researchers for multiple reasons. While sociologists favor this term, many other fields use other signifiers to achieve the same purpose and meaning. For example, words like outside reader, auditor, and peer reviewer are essentially describing the work of peer debriefing. A good qualitative researcher plans ahead and includes a space for peer debriefing or some variation of it. Peer debriefi…
Oral History as a Social Justice Project
I am writing this to assist researchers in training and experienced researchers in understanding ways to view oral history as a social justice project. This paper will illuminate the importance of oral history in terms of enriching the knowledge base of qualitative research methods as well. Oral history provides us with an avenue of thick description, analysis, and interpretation of people’s lives through probing the past in order to understand t…
Understanding the Marriage of Technology and Phenomenological Research
Phenomenologists seek to discover the universal essence of their participants’ lived experiences through a reiterative analysis process. While phenomenologists (in transcendental and empirical approaches) often follow very traditional practices in conducting research, there are a number of alternatives available that can aid in the overall research process. From virtual interviews to transcription software, many of these tools provide varying ben…
Conversations on Method
In this article the authors argue that the researcher reflective journal is a critical interpretive tool for conducting educational policy analysis. The idea for this research grew from the experiences of a doctoral candidate (Ruth) in pursuit of a policy focused dissertation and a series of on-going conversations with her qualitative methodologist (Valerie). The structure of the paper takes a dialogue form on the topic of policy analysis and the…
Stretching' Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
Egon Guba
Peer Debriefing
Peer debriefing is a technique used by qualitative researchers for multiple reasons. Good qualitative researchers plan ahead when designing a study to include peer debriefing or a variation of it. Peer debriefing allows a peer to review and assess transcripts, emerging categories from those transcripts, and the final report. In addition, a peer acts as a sort of critical detective or auditor. This peer may detect whether or not a researcher has o…
Journaling, Reflexive
Journal writing as a reflexive research activity has been called reflexive journaling by many sociologists and researchers in training. It has been most used by qualitative researchers in the social sciences and other fields since these professionals are seeking to describe a given social setting or a person's life history in its entirety. Qualitative research has a long history of its own which includes discussion of the techniques of the qualit…
Commentary
Commentary
Intuition and Creativity
The author writes about the importance of intuition and creativity in the qualitative research project. By discussing lessons learned from well-known creative individuals, researchers find ways to open conversations on creativity. Because the researcher is the research instrument in qualitative research projects, the definition of the role of the researcher is critically important. In addition to all that is already known about the researcher's r…
A Journal About Journal Writing as a Qualitative Research Technique
The author is writing this article as a journal to show how a journal may be used as a qualitative research technique in long-term qualitative studies. The history of journal writing within the context of the arts and humanities is described to illuminate our understanding of the tradition of this type of writing. For qualitative researchers, the act of journal writing may be incorporated into the research process to provide a data set of the res…
Passion Plays
Ethnography in Educational Evaluation . David M. Fetterman
Reflections on Teaching Ethnographic Research Methods
Of Snakes and Circles
(1982). Of Snakes and Circles: Making Sense of Classroom Group Processes through a Case Study. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 161-189
Intuition and Creativity
The author writes about the importance of intuition and creativity in the qualitative research project. By discussing lessons learned from well-known creative individuals, researchers find ways to open conversations on creativity. Because the researcher is the research instrument in qualitative research projects, the definition of the role of the researcher is critically important. In addition to all that is already known about the researcher's r…
A Journal About Journal Writing as a Qualitative Research Technique
The author is writing this article as a journal to show how a journal may be used as a qualitative research technique in long-term qualitative studies. The history of journal writing within the context of the arts and humanities is described to illuminate our understanding of the tradition of this type of writing. For qualitative researchers, the act of journal writing may be incorporated into the research process to provide a data set of the res…
Oral History as a Social Justice Project
I am writing this to assist researchers in training and experienced researchers in understanding ways to view oral history as a social justice project. This paper will illuminate the importance of oral history in terms of enriching the knowledge base of qualitative research methods as well. Oral history provides us with an avenue of thick description, analysis, and interpretation of people’s lives through probing the past in order to understand t…
Life/ography as Storytelling
This article reflexively engages and discusses a Life/ography project involving two female superintendents of schools in two U.S. North Central states who are dedicated to making their respective districts a better learning community. Life/ography is used to refer to life history, oral history, and biography as valued qualitative research approaches for understanding the social world of individuals-in this case, of female leaders. Originally, the…
Understanding the Marriage of Technology and Phenomenological Research
Phenomenologists seek to discover the universal essence of their participants’ lived experiences through a reiterative analysis process. While phenomenologists (in transcendental and empirical approaches) often follow very traditional practices in conducting research, there are a number of alternatives available that can aid in the overall research process. From virtual interviews to transcription software, many of these tools provide varying ben…
Conversations on Method
In this article the authors argue that the researcher reflective journal is a critical interpretive tool for conducting educational policy analysis. The idea for this research grew from the experiences of a doctoral candidate (Ruth) in pursuit of a policy focused dissertation and a series of on-going conversations with her qualitative methodologist (Valerie). The structure of the paper takes a dialogue form on the topic of policy analysis and the…
Reflections on Teaching Ethnographic Research Methods
Of Snakes and Circles
(1982). Of Snakes and Circles: Making Sense of Classroom Group Processes through a Case Study. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 161-189
Reflections on Teaching Ethnographic Research Methods
Ethnography in Educational Evaluation . David M. Fetterman
Passion Plays
A Journal About Journal Writing as a Qualitative Research Technique
The author is writing this article as a journal to show how a journal may be used as a qualitative research technique in long-term qualitative studies. The history of journal writing within the context of the arts and humanities is described to illuminate our understanding of the tradition of this type of writing. For qualitative researchers, the act of journal writing may be incorporated into the research process to provide a data set of the res…
Intuition and Creativity
The author writes about the importance of intuition and creativity in the qualitative research project. By discussing lessons learned from well-known creative individuals, researchers find ways to open conversations on creativity. Because the researcher is the research instrument in qualitative research projects, the definition of the role of the researcher is critically important. In addition to all that is already known about the researcher's r…
Commentary
Commentary
Peer Debriefing
Peer debriefing is a technique used by qualitative researchers for multiple reasons. Good qualitative researchers plan ahead when designing a study to include peer debriefing or a variation of it. Peer debriefing allows a peer to review and assess transcripts, emerging categories from those transcripts, and the final report. In addition, a peer acts as a sort of critical detective or auditor. This peer may detect whether or not a researcher has o…
Journaling, Reflexive
Journal writing as a reflexive research activity has been called reflexive journaling by many sociologists and researchers in training. It has been most used by qualitative researchers in the social sciences and other fields since these professionals are seeking to describe a given social setting or a person's life history in its entirety. Qualitative research has a long history of its own which includes discussion of the techniques of the qualit…
Egon Guba
Stretching' Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
Conversations on Method
In this article the authors argue that the researcher reflective journal is a critical interpretive tool for conducting educational policy analysis. The idea for this research grew from the experiences of a doctoral candidate (Ruth) in pursuit of a policy focused dissertation and a series of on-going conversations with her qualitative methodologist (Valerie). The structure of the paper takes a dialogue form on the topic of policy analysis and the…
Journaling, Reflexive
Journal writing as a reflexive activity is a mainstay for many qualitative researchers across numerous disciplines. Researchers in the social sciences and other fields call this reflexive journaling or the researcher reflective journal. Qualitative research has a long history of its own which includes deep discussion of this technique (Janesick, 1995, 2011). It has proven to be effective for researchers setting out to understand their own process…
Peer Debriefing
Peer debriefing is a technique used by many qualitative researchers for multiple reasons. While sociologists favor this term, many other fields use other signifiers to achieve the same purpose and meaning. For example, words like outside reader, auditor, and peer reviewer are essentially describing the work of peer debriefing. A good qualitative researcher plans ahead and includes a space for peer debriefing or some variation of it. Peer debriefi…
Oral History as a Social Justice Project
I am writing this to assist researchers in training and experienced researchers in understanding ways to view oral history as a social justice project. This paper will illuminate the importance of oral history in terms of enriching the knowledge base of qualitative research methods as well. Oral history provides us with an avenue of thick description, analysis, and interpretation of people’s lives through probing the past in order to understand t…
Understanding the Marriage of Technology and Phenomenological Research
Phenomenologists seek to discover the universal essence of their participants’ lived experiences through a reiterative analysis process. While phenomenologists (in transcendental and empirical approaches) often follow very traditional practices in conducting research, there are a number of alternatives available that can aid in the overall research process. From virtual interviews to transcription software, many of these tools provide varying ben…
“Stretching” Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
In the new 4th Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, author Janesick uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into intuitive and creative side of their research. stretching exercises help readers develop, practice, develop skills and vital habits of mind such as observation, interviewing, writing, creativity
Life/ography as Storytelling
This article reflexively engages and discusses a Life/ography project involving two female superintendents of schools in two U.S. North Central states who are dedicated to making their respective districts a better learning community. Life/ography is used to refer to life history, oral history, and biography as valued qualitative research approaches for understanding the social world of individuals-in this case, of female leaders. Originally, the…
Oral History Interviewing with Purpose and Critical Awareness
Oral history interviewing is a viable qualitative research orientation for many qualitative researchers in various disciplines. Oral history is the collection of stories, statements, and reminiscences of a person or persons who have firsthand knowledge of any number of experiences. It offers qualitative researchers a way to capture the lived experiences of participants. The techniques of oral history are those of the qualitative researcher, inclu…
Psychology (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Qualitative research (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Social science (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)