1. Participant Researcher

2. Theory in Qualitative Research: Inductive Generalizations or theories are related to past experience and literature Researcher looks for patterns, generalizations from themes or categories Researcher analyzes data to form themes Categorize types of data Researcher gathers information through open-ended questions, observations of participants, documents Generate a list of types of data

3. Researcher gathers information through open-ended questions, observations of participants, documents You engaged in open coding, by forming initial categories of information. In some instances, in your discussion, you changed the name of the category, based on input from others. Assembling the data in a new way is axial coding.

4. You thought of the data that is gathered in your school and others You thought of other potential sources of data, based on your knowledge as a professional educators You generated items on your list, known as categories A category is a unit of information. Researcher gathers information through open-ended questions, observations of participants, documents

5. Based on your codes, you developed larger categories, or clusters of codes This is an synthesis exercise and the larger categories are called themes. Researcher analyzes data to form themes

6. Resources Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Trochim, W. M.K. (2006). Deduction and induction: Deductive and Inductive Thinking. Research Methods Knowledge Base. Retrieved from: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php