an article by Marc Forster (University of West London, UK) published in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science Volume 48 Number 4 (2016)
Abstract
The qualitative methodology phenomenography has been successfully used to determine the range of information literacy experiences of defined groups and professions. Phenomenographic method is believed to yield research findings which give a richer and more accurate picture of what information literacy means in practical terms.
The archetypal definitions of the limited but interrelated experiences of information literacy that a phenomenographic study provides have been used as a basis of evidence-based information literacy educational interventions (Andretta, 2007). What are the epistemological ideas behind phenomenography and what are the data collection and analysis procedures based on its philosophical underpinnings?
The key principles as described in the literature are discussed in this paper, beginning with the early work of Marton (1986). The use of phenomenography to research information literacy experience began with Christine Bruce’s (1997) seminal work. The value of the work of Bruce and her followers have been recently recognized by ACRL (2014).
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Showing posts with label methodology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label methodology. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
The temporary and permanent effects of unemployment on mortality in Europe
an article by Keith A. Bender and Ioannis Theodossiou (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Athina Economou (University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece) published in International Labour Review Volume 152 Issue 2 (June 2013)
Abstract
Recent research on the relationship between unemployment and mortality is inconsistent.
The statistical methodology used in this study decomposes the effect of unemployment on mortality into temporary and permanent effects and estimates the unemployment-mortality relationship, using aggregate data from 11 European countries for the period 1971–2001.
Decomposing the effect of unemployment in this way shows that while the temporary effect of an increase in unemployment is to lower mortality, the permanent effect is to increase it. Importantly, the permanent effect is generally much stronger than the temporary effect.
These results hold true for nearly all mortality indicators studied.
Abstract
Recent research on the relationship between unemployment and mortality is inconsistent.
The statistical methodology used in this study decomposes the effect of unemployment on mortality into temporary and permanent effects and estimates the unemployment-mortality relationship, using aggregate data from 11 European countries for the period 1971–2001.
Decomposing the effect of unemployment in this way shows that while the temporary effect of an increase in unemployment is to lower mortality, the permanent effect is to increase it. Importantly, the permanent effect is generally much stronger than the temporary effect.
These results hold true for nearly all mortality indicators studied.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Skills supply and demand in Europe: methodological framework
a research publication (No. 25) from cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)
Summary
This publication provides an overview of the methodology underpinning the Cedefop skills supply and demand forecast. The aim is to share the knowledge acquired during the development of the different systems, modules and models and to highlight the results, which have already aroused considerable interest.
The structure and robustness of the methods used increases the clarity and reliability of the results.
Cedefop’s forecast is not intended to replace forecasting efforts in individual countries. However, sharing the knowledge and experience from the European level can help to improve the methods used in those countries and to resolve issues that may be faced there.
At the same time, Cedefop’s forecast can inspire new forecasting initiatives and initiate further discussion. The feedback received can help to improve Cedefop’s methods and make the European forecast even more precise and reliable.
Available in English only (PDF 146pp)
Summary
This publication provides an overview of the methodology underpinning the Cedefop skills supply and demand forecast. The aim is to share the knowledge acquired during the development of the different systems, modules and models and to highlight the results, which have already aroused considerable interest.
The structure and robustness of the methods used increases the clarity and reliability of the results.
Cedefop’s forecast is not intended to replace forecasting efforts in individual countries. However, sharing the knowledge and experience from the European level can help to improve the methods used in those countries and to resolve issues that may be faced there.
At the same time, Cedefop’s forecast can inspire new forecasting initiatives and initiate further discussion. The feedback received can help to improve Cedefop’s methods and make the European forecast even more precise and reliable.
Available in English only (PDF 146pp)
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
After method? Ethnography in the knowledge economy
an article by David Mills and Richard Ratcliffe (University of Oxford) published in Qualitative Research Volume 12 Number 2 (April 2012)
Abstract
In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked.
UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qualitative social research.
To make our case, we focus on the prominence of the business metaphor of the ‘value chain’ in contemporary accounting practice and its use in the quantitative measurement of social research. Within social anthropology this new economy of measurement can be seen in debates over fieldwork practice. We show that as anthropology departments harden their methodological allegiances to fieldwork, very different understandings of ethnography are being developed beyond the academy.
We conclude that methods, and debates over methods, are prisms through which to understand the changing social and economic expectations placed upon qualitative research.
Abstract
In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked.
UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qualitative social research.
To make our case, we focus on the prominence of the business metaphor of the ‘value chain’ in contemporary accounting practice and its use in the quantitative measurement of social research. Within social anthropology this new economy of measurement can be seen in debates over fieldwork practice. We show that as anthropology departments harden their methodological allegiances to fieldwork, very different understandings of ethnography are being developed beyond the academy.
We conclude that methods, and debates over methods, are prisms through which to understand the changing social and economic expectations placed upon qualitative research.
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