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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Markula, P
• Silk, M

Titel

Qualitative Research for Physical Culture

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Qualitative Research for Physical Culture is a practical guide to qualitative research methods in the multidisciplinary field of physical culture.    This innovative, unique and clearly-written book provides a complete one-stop manual to designing, researching and writing an effective research project.  The authors identify the '7 Ps' of research which allows the reader to navigate a clear pathway through the research process.    The '7 Ps' are divded into three areas: Design  which examines the Purpose of using qualitiative methods; Paradigms of approach; and the  Process of putting together a project Doing which looks at a range of different methodological Practices  and the Politics of Interpretation of such approaches   Dissemination which examines the  Presentation of research and the Promise - how to judge the quality of research Exploring interviewing, textual analysis, narrative analysis and field methods such as ethnography, case studies and participatory action research, the text also inlcudes invaluable advice on the writing process and how to critically assess the quality of research, and will be invaluable as a teaching tool or essential reference for experienced and inexperienced researchers alike.   Key features of the book include Boxed text Guides to further reading Chapter guides and summaries of key points Figures and tables throughout A unique table summarizing the '7 Ps' approach, providing a visual overview of the approach for teachers and researchers 31 02 This book offers a comprehensive guide to qualitative research in disciplines that focus on physical culture, outlining a unique '7 P's' approach to research methods 13 02 PIRKKO MARKULA Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport and Physical Activity at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her research interests include poststructuralist feminist analysis of dance, exercise and sport, ethnography, autoethnography and performance ethnography. She is co-author of Foucault, Sport and Exercise , editor of Olympic Women and the Media , and Feminist Sport Studies , and co-editor of Critical Bodies and Moving Writing . MICHAEL SILK Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Bath, UK. His research and scholarship centers on the production and consumption of urban space, the governance of bodies, and, the performative politics of identity within the context of a global neoliberal economic order. His recent works include: Sport and Corporate Nationalisms (co-authored), Qualitative Methods and Sports Studies (co-authored), Televised Sport in the Post 9/11 Era , and Sport & Neoliberalism (co-authored). 04 02 Acknowledgements Preface PART I: DESIGN Purpose Paradigms Process PART II: DOING Practicing Interviewing Practicing Textual Analysis Practicing Narrative Analysis Practicing Field Methods PART III: DISSEMINATION (Re)Presentation The Promise Conclusion 02 02 This book provides a guide to qualitative research methods in the multidisciplinary field of physical culture. Developing an approach based on the '7 Ps' of research, this text navigates a pathway through the research process that will be invaluable as a teaching tool and to experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. 19 02 A practical guide to qualitative research structured around '7 Ps' - Purpose, Paradigms, Process, Practices, the Politics of Interpretation, Presentation and the Promise A One-stop manual to designing, researching and writing your research project; for students and established researchers alike User friendly - includes boxed text and guides to further reading Simplified, indispensible and practical overview of the research process for those working in sport and leisure 08 02 'It was daunting doing a dissertation for the first time and the 7P approach provided a clear step-by-step guide from start to finish of the project' - Sarah, Undergraduate Student, Bath University, UK   'The text offered guidance and aided me as I began to negotiate the contested and messy world of research. This is a book that is simultaneously challenging and rewarding, a must for students endeavouring to research physical culture' - Matthew, Graduate Student, University of Maryland, USA   'No doubt this book will be a great success for students, teachers and researchers alike, and I hope the authors may continue to update it in their easy to read manner as our field of qualitative research expands and becomes a more complex area to map.' - George Jennings, Qualitative Methods in Psychology