The Weekly Qualitative Report

The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 2, Number 1

January 5, 2009

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr2_1.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Making a Connection between Student Achievement, Teacher Accountability, and Quality Classroom Instruction

Kelli Ballard and Alan Bates
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois USA

The Weekly Review

Resistance as Hope: A Review of Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-oppressive Approaches Edited by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega

Sally St. George
The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

The Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group (CQRMG): CQRMG, one of ten international Cochrane Methods Groups, consists of members who have an interest and expertise in qualitative research approaches and in the science of qualitative systematic reviews. CQRMG focuses on methodological matters arising from the inclusion of findings from qualitative studies into systematic reviews. CQRMG identifies appropriate roles for qualitative research within the context of Cochrane Systematic Reviews; develops and disseminates appropriate methodological standards; and provides a forum for discussion and debate about the role of qualitative research within the systematic review process and the development of rigorous and systematic methods.

NSU Announces New Online Graduate

Qualitative Research Certificate Program

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program consists of eight three-credit hour online courses designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies.

New Calls for Conference Papers, Proposals, and Abstracts and Training Opportunities

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

Armitage, A., & Keeble-Allen, D. (2008). Undertaking a structured literature review or structuring a literature review: Tales from the field. The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 6(2), 103-114. Abstract
Atkins, S., Lewin, S., Smith, H., Engel, M., Fretheim, A., & Volmink, J. (2008). Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8(21), 1-10. Abstract
Lucas, P. J., Baird, J., Arai, L., Law, C., & Roberts, H. M. (2007). Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 7(4), 1-7. Abstract
Sandelowski, M. (2008). Reading, writing and systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(1), 104110. Abstract
Thomas, J., & Harden, A. (2008). Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodology, 8(45), 1-10. Abstract
Voils, C. I., Sandelowski, M., Barroso, J., & Hasselblad, V. (2008). Making sense of qualitative and quantitative findings in mixed research synthesis studies. Field Methods, 20(1), 3-25. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Anthropology (Stanford University)
Assistant Professor in Composition and Rhetoric (California State University - Fullerton)
Assistant Project Scientist (University of California, San Diego)
Core Faculty (California Institute for Integral Studies)
Director / Vice President, Digital Research (Fleishman-Hillard)
Full and Part-time Graduate Psychology Faculty (The Institute of Imaginal Studies)
International Internship Program (Search For Common Ground)
Part-time Social Science Faculty Member (Evergreen State College)
Post-Doctoral Scholars - Center for Social Services Research (University of California Berkeley)
Professor of Diversity and Urban Studies (Vanderbilt University's Peabody College)
Qualitative Research Project Manager (Strategic Marketing Research Consultancy / Agency)
Research Project Associate (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Senior User Researcher (Motricity)

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