Stretching Exercises for Qualitative Researchers » (3rd Edition)

Valerie J. Janesick is a Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa.  She regularly teaches courses in qualitative research methods, program evaluation, and curriculum theory, development, and assessment.  She has written books and articles in these areas.  Her most recent works include: The Assessment Debate: A Reference Handbook (2001); Curriculum Studies: A Reference Handbook (2003); and "Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers, Second Edition (2004).  Her articles, books, and book chapters tend to discuss the value of aesthetics in the research process.

Janesick (educational leadership and policy studies, University of South Florida) extends the metaphors of dance and yoga to the research process, providing a series of exercises that can be used inside and outside the classroom to help the researcher become a more active observer, interviewer, and learner. This second edition includes new material on qualitative data, narrative techniques, and Institutional Review Boards. There is also a new section on Internet sources. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Describes 29 exercises that can be used in or out of the classroom to tap into budding researchers' more creative and less inhibited artistic side and help them become more active observers, interviewers, and learners. Some are related to painting, sculpture, poetry, literature, history, philosophy, and dance. Many appendices support the core with sample applications and educational material. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.