The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 2, Number 18

May 4, 2009

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr2_18.html

 

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

 

Exploring How Factors Impact the Activities and Participation of Persons with Disability: Constructing a Model Through Grounded Theory

Joy Wee and Margo Paterson
Queens University, Ontario, Canada

The Weekly Review

 

Resilience of Gendered Spheres in Transnational Migration: An Interpretive Book Review of Sheba Mariam George's When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration

Jose Luis Calderon
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

 

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

 

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first international interdisciplinary journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in sport and exercise settings. Providing a forum for qualitative researchers within all the social scientific areas of sport and exercise the journal offers researchers, practitioners, and students' access to cutting edge inquiry, scholarly dialogues, and the latest developments in qualitative methodologies and methods. Open to all qualitative approaches, the journal aims to be eclectic in content. It will publish refereed articles covering the diverse landscape of qualitative research. There are three issues a year to include, empirical research articles, theoretical articles that address conceptual issues underlying qualitative research, review essays, short communications, and book reviews.

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. Applications for fall 2009 courses are now being accepted.

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

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

  • Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. C. (2009). Narrative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology: What can it mean, and why might we do it? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(1), 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.01.004 Abstract
  • Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. C. (2009). Narrative analysis and sport and exercise psychology: Understanding lives in diverse ways. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(2), 279-288. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.07.012 Abstract
  • Sparkes, A. C. (2009). Ethnography and the senses: Challenges and possibilities. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 1(1), 21-35. doi:10.1080/19398440802567923 Abstract
  • Sparkes, A. C., & Smith, B. (2009). Judging the quality of qualitative inquiry: Criteriology and relativism in action. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Advance online publication. Retrieved May 2, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.02.006 Abstract
  • Weed, M. (2009). Research quality considerations for grounded theory research in sport & exercise psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Advance online publication. Retrieved May 2, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.02.007 Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

In addition to The Weekly Qualitative Report, Nova Southeastern University also publishes The Qualitative Report, a peer-reviewed, open access journal. Subscription to both publications is free-of-charge. To unsubscribe please email your request to Jennifer Diep at diep@nsu.nova.edu.

 

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