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Qualitative Research : Phenomenological Research

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The 2012 study conducted by Vetter remains representative of a qualitative practitioner researched phenomenological case study. Qualitative research remains focused on meaning, understanding, and differences in kind rather than facts, knowing, and differences in degree (Shank, Brown, & Pringle, 2014). Describing, clarifying, and interpreting lived experiences remains the objective of phenomenological studies (McMillan, 2015). As a component of the reflective process conducted by the practitioner, practitioner research remains designed to engender transformation, or effect policy in the field of practice (Jupp, 2006). Case study perspectives involve a limited group of participants, often focusing on one individual (Shank, Brown, & Pringle, 2014). Qualitative researchers employ seven key methodological tools; observations, interviews, focus groups, material analysis, archive and historical records analysis, interpretive analysis, and participant observation. Qualitative methodological tools employed by Vetter (2012) include participant observation, focus group, artifacts, interviews, and group discussions. Vetter (2012) noted the inadequacy of current research examining “teachers’ change process to better understand what professional spaces foster teachers as they construct their own transformation” (Vetter, 2012, p. 28). In this study, Vetter (2012) sought to answer “What was the change process of one teacher researcher as she engaged in a year-long practitioner researcher

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