"Qualitative research seeks to discover and portray participants' perspectives, uncovering new insights into our lives and social contexts. Within that paradigm, there are numerous qualitative research designs, each guiding researchers toward this underlying goal in a slightly different way. In this Second Edition of Qualitative Research in Practice, Sharan Merriam and Robin Grenier have assembled a set of 16 articles exemplifying 8 key qualitative designs, allowing you to see how each approach informs real-world research. Each article is accompanied by the researchers' reflections, so you can share in the process of discovery that characterizes the qualitative process. This updated edition features a more precise focus on research designs that are entirely qualitative or that have a large qualitative component. Additionally, this book: Clarifies the philosophical underpinnings of qualitative research and its difference from quantitative approaches Provides concise descriptions of eight major qualitative designs, including phenomenology, grounded theory, and arts-based research Offers a rubric of strategies researchers can employ to assess trustworthiness and rigor in qualitative research reports Qualitative Research in Practice is a valuable resource for students and practitioners across disciplines, perfect for all those interested in improving their understanding of how qualitative research is carried out."--Page 4 of cover.

Part One: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry --Introduction to Qualitative Research -- Assessing and Evaluating Qualitative Research -- Part Two: Examples of Qualitative Research for Discussion and Analysis -- Interpretive Qualitative Research -- Roles Traditional Healers Play in Cancer Treatment in Malaysia: Implications for Health Promotion and Education -- How Context Shapes the Design and Implementation of a Qualitative Study / Sharan B. Merriam -- The Influence of Mentorship and Role Models on University Women Leaders' Career Paths to University Presidency -- Mutual Reflections on Conceptual Frameworks in Qualitative Research / Lilian H. Hill, Celeste A. Wheat -- Phenomenology -- Hiking Leisure: Generating a Different Existence Within Everyday Life -- Hiking the Phenomenological Psychological Method / Rob Bongaardt, B²rge Baklien, Idun R²seth -- Being In-Between: The Lived Experience of Becoming a Prosthesis User Following the Loss of a Leg -- Caught Up Between Ethics and Methodology: Reflections Addressing the Unintended Presence of a Participant's Partner During a Phenomenological Interview / Annelise Norlyk -- Ethnography -- Boxing Culture and Serious Leisure Among North American Youth: An Embodied Ethnography -- Embodied Ethnography as a Research Approach: Further Reflections and Insights on Boxing as Serious Leisure / Nuno F. Ribeiro -- A Sojourn Experience in the Land of Fire and Ice: Examining Cultural Competence and Employee Well-Being Through an Autoethnographic Exploration -- Managing the Burden and Blessing of Autoethnography / Robin S. Grenier -- Grounded Theory -- A Grounded Theory of Professional Learning in an Authentic Online Professional Development Program -- Navigating the Sea of Data With Grounded Theory / Hanna Teräs -- Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use of Open Educational Practices in Higher Education -- Why Constructivist Grounded Theory? and the Importance of Researcher Reflexivity / Catherine Cronin -- Narrative Inquiry -- Chandra's Story: An Adult Education Student Journeys From Fear to Gratitude -- Narrative Inquiry: Good Things Take Time / Robin L. Danzak -- Youths' and Adults' Stories Related to the Background for ADHD Assessment -- Reflections on a Narrative Approach to Autobiographical Stories / Bj²rg Mari Hannås -- Arts-Based Research -- Drama, Performance Ethnography, and Self-Esteem: Listening to Youngsters With Dyslexia and Their Parents -- When Participants Become Researchers / Ruth Falzon, Dione Mifsud -- Voices From the Field: Preparing Teachers for High Need Schools -- Dramatizing Data, Creating Art, and Finding Community: Ethnodrama/Arts-Based Research / Tabitha Dell'Angelo -- Qualitative Action Research -- Action Research by Practitioners: A Case Study of a High School's Attempt to Create Transformational Change -- Reflecting on Taking Action: Three Suggestions / Jeffrey Glanz -- Collective Voices: Engagement of Hartford Community Residents Through Participatory Action Research -- Trust the Process: Reflections on Participatory Action Research / Karen Brown McLean, Kenneth Williamson -- Mixed Methods -- College Students and Yik Yak: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study -- The Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Methodologies / Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon -- "Talk to Me": A Mixed-Methods Study on Preferred Physician Behaviors During End-of-Life Communication from the Patient Perspective -- The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts: Using Mixed Methods to Answer a Complex Healthcare Question / Amane Abdul-Razzak.