KWALON - Volume 17, Issue 3, 2012

This editorial offers an introduction to the first three contributions in this volume about educating students in Methodology and in particular in qualitative research methods. In the near future Universities of Applied Sciences have to come up with plans for educating their students in methodology. In this editorial many questions are posed about the nature of research methods that will be taught at Universities of Appli Read More

The future teacher is an investigating one when educated at Fontys University of Applied Sciences The future teacher is an investigating one when educated at Fontys University of Applied Sciences The Fontys University of Applied Sciences educates teachers for primary schools. Increasingly, teachers need a critical and reflective attitude towards scientific research to be able to work evidence-based. The article describes how Read More

Applied research and an investigating attitude: how an Educational Programme and a Centre of Expertise link research and education for professionalization of the field Applied research and an investigating attitude: how an Educational Programme and a Centre of Expertise link research and education for professionalization of the field The University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht wishes to relate research, educa Read More

The role of research in educating masters at the University of Applied Science in Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN) The role of research in educating masters at the University of Applied Science in Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN) The HAN wishes to achieve an educational culture that is research-minded. Professionals who have been educated at the HAN need to be able to resolve complex issues in applied fields. To achieve this o Read More

Systematic Qualitative Comparative Analysis Systematic Qualitative Comparative Analysis Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was introduced in the social sciences by Charles Ragin in 1987. Literature on and applications of QCA show the method as a way to systematically organize, summarize and compare qualitative data to discover and analyze patterns occurring over cases. Although the literature stresses the im Read More

@Malinowski, do you have ping? @Malinowski, do you have ping? Due to the fact that lives of respondents increasingly take place online, ‘being there’ and participating in everyday life has changed. Based on ongoing research, this article examines new and additional possibilities provided by technological developments in the field of digital communication in collecting data. In addition to focusing on offline practices, the use of Read More

Modelling Shared Reality Modelling Shared Reality This article introduces ‘Modelling Shared Reality’, a new qualitative research methodology which has its roots in Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling. Using the protocol explained in this article, undesired influence of the researcher is minimized during all phases of the research: the interviews, the analysis and the reporting phase. The methodology is action-oriented: b Read More

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews De sociale vormgeving van depressie: tussen jobstijding en erepenning by J. Westerbeek.

Book review, reaction Book review, reaction Reaction to the book review of De sociale vormgeving van depressie: tussen jobstijding en erepenning by J. Westerbeek.

Book review, answer to reaction Book review, answer to reaction Answer of the author to the reaction to the book review of De sociale vormgeving van depressie: tussen jobstijding en erepenning by J. Westerbeek.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Nursing research: generating an assessing evidence for nursing practice by D. Polit and C.T. Beck.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Qualitative research and theory development: mystery as method by M. Alvesson and D. Kärreman.

News News The section News gives an overview of current events.