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Choosing Qualitative Research: A Primer for Technology Education Researchers
Author:
Marie Hoepfl
Appalachian State University, US
About Marie
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Abstract
A number of writers have commented on the dearth of substantive research within the field of technology education, and point to the expansion of its research agenda as a means of strengthening the discipline. Waetjen, in his call for good research in technology education, states that “the plea is to use experimental type research as much as possible” (1992, p. 30). Interestingly, the three areas of research need outlined in his essay would all lend themselves to alternative methodologies, including qualitative methodologies.
How to Cite:
Hoepfl, M. (1997). Choosing Qualitative Research: A Primer for Technology Education Researchers. Journal of Technology Education, 9(1), 47–63. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jte.v9i1.a.4
Published on
22 Sep 1997.
Peer Reviewed
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