COLLAPSE SUBDISCUSSIONPaulette Morris Paulette Morris YesterdayJun 24 at 8:09pmManage Discussion Entry Hello Marcus. your post was very informative each of the methodologies described is different in...

Paulette Morris

Hello Marcus. your post was very informative each of the methodologies described is different in the way that they are used and their intended purpose. Phenomenological research unlike grounded theory and narrative research employs thick description and a close analysis of the lived experiences of the participants to better understand how embodied perception creates meanings (Gill, 2020). The phenomenological approach contributes to a more in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of individuals by reviling the assumptions regarding the ways of knowing that are taken for granted. The reality of the experience becomes comprehensive through the experiences (Creswell & Poth, 2017 & Gill, 2020). By closely examining the experiences that individuals or groups of individuals have the researcher conducting phenomenological research seeks to capture the meaning and any features or essences with commonalities within the experience or event being studied. The factual aspect of the event or experience being researched has an entity that is abstract and is subjective and knowledgeable only by means of the embodied perception (Creswell & Poth, 2017). Grounded theory on the other hand concentrates on the social processes and indicates that meaning is conveyed through social interactions with others.

Dissimilar to phenomenology and narrative methods the idea is to create a theory or concept following the analysis of the data as the data is used to form the concept or theory, Narrative research concentrate on the idea of language serving as the means for understanding meaning and it is through storytelling that social ideas are conveyed and understood. Using this approach, the knowledge of social realities is attained through carefully observing the practices in behavior and speech. The narrative approach derives from linguistic studies, semiotics, and literary criticism. It concentrates on the language used looking at the way in which individuals accomplish personal, political, and social goals by means of utilizing their language capabilities (Creswell & Poth, 2017 & Gill, 2020). The phenomenological, narrative, and grounded theories are all qualitative approaches that can be used for conducting studies for different purposes. The use of the method will be determined by what is being studied such as grounded theory has the intent to examine social processes whereas; the phenomenological approach is intended to examine the experiences lived by individuals and the narrative approach is designed to use the language of the individuals to construct their social meanings and experiences.

References

Creswell. J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2017).Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (4thd ed).https://redshelf.com(Links to an external site.)

Gill, M. J. (2020). How can I study who you are? Comparing grounded theory and phenomenology as methodological approaches to identity work research.The Oxford Handbook of Identities in Organisations, 295-310.

Renalta Smith

All the studies have a common research process, which then goes to the problem, then the question, and then a process of figuring out how to make sense of the information collected. All the studies are similar in how they collect data for interviews etc. Narrative research gets focuses on telling a story. The narrative analysis gets collected through many forms of data collection. Narrative research gets used when a person is willing to tell their story. The story told is about the person's life. So a narrative research study focuses on one person, and the researcher becomes the translator of the individual's stories, as opposed to a community. Narrative thinking gives the storytelling terminology which permits us to make sense of the world around us. Phenomenological studies center on lived experiences. The groundedtheory builds a theory from data by using a comparative analysis that is systematically obtained and organized.

Phenomenology is a theoretical or philosophical perspective to a qualitative methodology as it explores the experience. It helps researchers better understand the possibilities embedded in the background.Yet the phenomenological may be difficult due to finding people who have all experienced the phenomenon. The grounded theory describes an event. Grounded theory is where the inquirer generates a general explanation (an idea) of a process, an action, or an interaction shaped by the views of a more significant number of members (Creswell. 2017). Ground theory gets used when there is no other theory to use. However, the research question determines which methodology is appropriate.

Thanks,

Renalta

Victoria Yates

Compare and contrast Narrative, Phenomenological, and Grounded Theory Research. What makes each unique?

Like it states in
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Creswell. J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2017).Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (4thd ed).

Narrative: "Narrative research has many forms, uses a variety of analytic practices, and is rooted in different social and humanities disciplines (Daiute & Lightfoot, 2004)."

Phenomenological:"Whereas a narrative study reports the stories of experiences of a single individual or several individuals, a phenomenological study describes the common meaning for several individuals of their lived experiences of a concept or a phenomenon. Phenomenologists focus on describing what all participants have in common as they experience a phenomenon (e.g., grief is universally experienced). The basic purpose of phenomenology is to reduce individual experiences with a phenomenon to a description of the universal essence (a “grasp of the very nature of the thing,” van Manen, 1990, p. 177). To this end, qualitative researchers identify a phenomenon, an “object” of human experience (van Manen, 1990, p. 163). Recently van Manen (2014) describes phenomenological research as beginning “with wonder at what gives itself and how something gives itself."

Grounded theory:

"While narrative research focuses on individual stories told by participants and phenomenology emphasizes the common experiences for a number of individuals, the intent of a grounded theory study is to move beyond description and to generate or discover a theory, a “unified theoretical explanation” (Corbin & Strauss, 2007, p. 107) for a process or an action. Participants in the study would all have experienced the process, and the development of the theory might help explain practice or provide a framework for further research. A key idea is that this theory development does not come “off the shelf” but rather is generated or “grounded” in data from participants who have experienced the process (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Thus, grounded theory is a qualitative research design in which the inquirer generates a general explanation (a theory) of a process, an action, or an interaction shaped by the views of a large number of participants."

Comparing:

"“Narrative” might be the phenomenon being studied, such as a narrative of illness, or it might be the method used in a study, such as the procedures of analyzing stories told (Chase, 2005; Clandinin & Connolly, 2000; Pinnegar & Daynes, 2007). As a method, it begins with the experiences as expressed in lived and told stories of individuals. Clandinin (2013) makes the case for the need for attending to the context in which the narrative is embedded, advising, “the focus of narrative inquiry is not only valorizing individuals’ experience but is also an exploration of the social, cultural, familial, linguistic, and institutional narratives within which individuals experiences were, and are, constituted, shaped, expressed and enacted” (p. 18). "

"The approaches employ similar data collection processes, including, in varying degrees, interviews, observations, documents, and audiovisual materials (see Table 4.2). The differences are apparent in terms of emphasis (e.g., more observations in ethnography, more interviews in grounded theory) and extent of data collection (e.g., only interviews in phenomenology, multiple forms in case study research to provide the in-depth case picture). At the data analysis stage, the differences are most pronounced. Not only is the distinction one of specificity of the analysis phase (e.g., grounded theory most specific, narrative research less defined) but the number of steps to be undertaken can vary (e.g., extensive steps in phenomenology, fewer steps in ethnography)."

Contrast:

"Note the unique organizing framework related to each approach and specifically the variations in how the research outcomes can be presented. Providing in-depth descriptions is common across all the approaches, but how the descriptions are organized varies; whereas narrative research might use a chronology for telling stories, a phenomenology may use significant statements as the organizing structure for reporting how the phenomenon was experienced. Similarly, how a research report concludes also varies by the approach; whereas it is common practice for a closing vignette in a case study, a cultural portrait is commonly used in an ethnography referring to overall interpretations, lessons learned, and questions raised representing the essence. These structures should be considered as general templates at this time. In Chapter 5, we will examine five published journal articles, with each study illustrating one of the five approaches, and further explore the writing structure of each."

I feel like each one is unique in their own way, where narrative wants to focus on the nature of the story, phenomenal focuses on the phenomenons of it and grounded focuses on the process of it all.

References:

Digital Resource
Creswell. J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2017).Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (4thd ed). Retrieved from https://redshelf.com