EDUC 750 Research Critique: Qualitative|
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified
| Latest Update
Research Critique: Qualitative
Rashan Fray
School of Education, Liberty University
ResearchTCritique:TQualitative
AuthenticTteacherTprofessionalTlearningTisTtakingTaTprominentTplaceTinTtheTfieldTofTed
ucationTbecauseTofTitsTimpactTonTstudentTlearningTandTachievement.TWhileTprofessionalTteach
erTeducationThasTbeenTassociatedTwithTmoreTeffectiveTteaching,TfewTqualitativeTstudiesThaveT
examinedTtheTexperienceTofTteachersTthemselves.TThisTreviewTconsidersTCarterTandTWilliams’
sT(2022)TqualitativeTinvestigationTofTteacherTautonomyTinTprofessionalTlearning,TitsTeffectsTon
TteachingTandTlearning,TandTtheToutcomesTforTstudents.TItTanalyzesTtheTstudy’sTaims,Tmethods
,Toutcomes,Tbenefits,TandTflaws.
, 2
Summary
Purpose
CarterTandTWilliamsT(2022)TsoughtTtoTunderstandTteachers’TperceptionsTofTautonomyTa
sTprofessionalTstudentsTandThowTthatTperceivedTautonomyTaffectedTtheirTpracticeTandTstudentT
performance.TTheTauthorsTsoughtTtoTdetermineTwhetherTgivingTteachersTfreeTreinTinTselecting
TprofessionalTlearningTactivitiesTspecificTtoTtheirTstylesTandTclassroomsTcontributedTtoTincreas
edTprofessionalTdevelopmentTandTstudentTperformance.
Participants/Sample
TheTresearchersTrecruitedT15TK–
12TpublicTschoolTteachersTinTtheTnortheasternTUS.TTheirTteamTusedTpurposiveTsamplingTtoTgu
aranteeTvariationTinTgradeTlevels,Tsubjects,TandTyearsTofTexperience.TThisTallowedTaTvarietyTo
fTvoicesTonTprofessionalTfreedomTtoTbeTassembled.
ResearchTDesign
CarterTandTWilliamsT(2022)TusedTaTphenomenologicalTqualitativeTapproachTtoTexplore
Tteachers’TsubjectiveTexperiencesTofTautonomyTinTprofessionalTdevelopment.TThisTwasTaTpow
erfulTtoolTforTunderstandingThowTteachersTthinkTaboutTautonomyTandThowTitTrelatedTtoTlearni
ngTandTteaching.
MethodTofTDataTCollection
TheTresearchersTconductedTsemi-
structuredTinterviewsTwithTtheT15Tsubjects.TTheseTinterviewsTlookedTatThowTteachersTchoseTp
rofessionalTdevelopmentTcourses,TtheTimpactTonTtheirTclassroomTpractice,TandTtheirToverallTim