1st Edition

Approaches to Qualitative Research Key Concepts in Qualitative Methods

Edited By Jessica Nina Lester Copyright 2026
312 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume offers an accessible introduction to selected approaches to qualitative research. Featuring 22 contributions from both established and emerging scholars in the field of qualitative inquiry, this volume highlights the field’s multiplicity and ongoing evolution. The chapters trace established traditions such as grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, and case study,... Read more

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Entry Points to Qualitative Inquiry: An Introduction to Approaches to Qualitative Research 
Jessica Nina Lester

Chapter 2: Grounded Theory: History, Genres, and Implementation
Elaine Keane and Robert Thornburg

Chapter 3: Phenomenological Research
Karin Dahlberg and Helena Dahlberg

Chapter 4: Existential Phenomenological Research
Katherine Harris Greenberg and Brian Kelleher Sohn

Chapter 5: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Christopher Owens

Chapter 6: Historical Methods in Qualitative Research
Lucinda Carspecken and Sunil Carspecken

Chapter 7: Ethnography
Pei-Jung Li

Chapter 8: Postcritical Ethnography
Allison Daniel Anders and Alexandra Panos

Chapter 9: Critical Ethnography
Pengfei Zhao

Chapter 10: Designing Case Studies for Education Policy Research
Chad R. Lochmiller

Chapter 11: Case Study Methodology in Qualitative Research
Kirsten Helström

Chapter 12: Action Research
Barbara Dennis

Chapter 13: Critical Participatory Action Research
Meagan Call-Cummings, Melissa Hauber-Özer and Giovanni P. Dazzo

Chapter 14: Arts-Based Methodologies: Exploring Approaches in Relation to Theories
Kelly W. Guyotte and Carlson H. Coogler

Chapter 15: Ethnodrama/Ethnotheatre
Carmen Meyers

Chapter 16: Working the Image: Technologies, Ethics, and Approaches to Visual Research
Vivek Vellanki and Tran Templeton

Chapter 17: Narrative Inquiry
Pei-Jung Li

Chapter 18: Critical Race Methodologies: The Praxis of Understanding, Critiquing, and Disrupting Injustice
Davíd G. Martínez, Daniella Cook Sumpter and Allison Daniel Anders

Chapter 19: Discourse Analysis in Education Research
Francesca A. Williamson and Hanain Brohi

Chapter 20: An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis
Katharine Hull and Alexandra Panos

Chapter 21: Discursive Psychology
Suraj Uttamchandani

Chapter 22: Conversation Analysis
Darcy E. Furlong

Chapter 23: Mediated Discourse and Nexus Analysis: Tracking Action and Taking Action
Karen Wohlwend

Index 

Biography

Jessica Nina Lester is Professor at Indiana University Bloomington.