In this Interactional Ethnographic study, I explored tensions of learning qualitative research in doctoral education. Focusing on a doctoral introductory qualitative research class, I sought to understand how tensions influenced the learning process and knowledge construction. Conceptualizing the class as a languaculture (Agar, 1994) where students and the professor co-construct particular ways of interacting, through participant observation I studied instructional interactions among class members and engaged students in conversations about their experiences with learning research. Utilizing video and audio records, artifacts, and interviews, I explored how tensions were co-constructed by students and the professor of the class and in what ways they were influential to students' learning.
The four tensions co-created by class members were Conceptual, Facing Affective States, Utilizing Creativity, and External tensions. These tensions impacted learning through Struggling, Pushing-Back, Reflecting, and Making Connections. I also discovered cyclical, recurring, and interconnected cause-effect relationships between tensions and their impacts on learning. Focusing on insider points-of-view and discursive construction of common language and meanings, I discussed how tensions in doctoral education can benefit student development and research pedagogies. Implications for practice include the intentional use of reflexivity and creativity in practice-based qualitative research course design. Recommendations for future research include additional ethnographic studies examining socialization processes across qualitative classrooms within the university for a comparative approach to how tensions are influential to doctoral student learning. Recommendations for future research also include a focus on tensions in teaching qualitative research in doctoral education.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd2023-1132 |
| Date | 01 January 2024 |
| Creators | Mitchell, Megan K. |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024 |
| Rights | In copyright |
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