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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192889621
ISBN-139780192889621
eBay Product ID (ePID)22074622765
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDoing Interpretive Research : Learning and Teaching Imagination in Social Research
SubjectHistory & Theory, Research
Publication Year2025
TypeNot Available
AuthorKoen P. R. Bartels, Hendrik Wagenaar
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Reference, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.7 in
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SynopsisIn this volume, the authors guide social researchers and instructors in better understanding and improving the experience of doing interpretive research. They demonstrate how emotions can be leveraged in the learning process to uncover surprising new insights about social reality and unlock researchers' imagination., Interpretivism has an intuitive appeal to many social researchers, but they often feel ill-equipped to do it. Other social researchers tend to believe that interpretivism is a specialized niche with little relevance to their research practice. What has been lost is the awareness that interpretation is an explanatory logic and form of inquiry that is at the root of all social science research, including quantitative research. In this volume, the authors guide social researchers and instructors in better understanding and improving the experience of doing interpretive research. They explore the centrality of experience in learning and teaching interpretive research, paying special attention to the role of emotions in the learning process, and the way that negative emotions, such as doubt and anxiety, can impart learning. The authors provide a novel approach to methods teaching by offering a set of heuristics, open-ended strategies of inquiry and discovery for improving the practice of social research. Uniquely, they demonstrate how emotions can be leveraged in the learning process to uncover surprising new insights about social reality and unlock researchers' imagination. They reveal how social researchers, engaged or interested in interpretivism in learning, can turn their research into an enjoyable, productive, and imaginative experience.