Methods in Flux: Emphasis on Emergent Design
Conditions in the world are changing, so researchers need to be responsive to participants. Find a practical, thoughtful post from Dr. Sharon Ravitch.
The ‘Great Resignation’ as Research Context: Educational, Organizational, and Individual Realities in Flux
The rapidly changing nature of organizational life requires that researchers become newly curious about how shifting societal norms and personal conditions shape our research. See this post from Etienne LeGrand and Sharon Ravitch.
So What DO I know?: Liberating Inquiry as an Antidote to Doctoral Student Self-Doubt
Moving from being a practitioner to being a scholar is an adjustment!
Tempered Radicalism as Embodied Research Intervention: Reflections from within a Maligned and Necessary Identity
Andre Samuels reflects on his experiences as a Black doctoral student and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.
One Demographic, Many Realities: Youth Leaders Call-in to Researchers
Researchers studying the experiences of youth can benefit from their perspectives. This post from high school students includes their tips for researchers.
COVID-19 as Chrysalis: Research Representation Considerations from the College Class of 2025
Thinking about studying college students, or partnering with student co-researchers. you will find this post by Ari Burstein.
(Re)Conceptualizing Definitions from the Inside: Underrepresented Groups in Overrepresented Research
Considerations in research with underrepresented groups along the bias lines of overrepresentation
Research for Gender Inclusion: Transitioning Your Vocabulary
Simple tips for making your survey or interview welcoming to all.
Be a Courageous Researcher!
Methodspace will offer an eclectic mix of guest contributions in a month-long focus: Be courageous: Studying sensitive, political, or hot-button issues.
Critical Race Theory, Fire, and Dangerous Things
You’ve read about Critical Race Theory - what are they really talking about?
Pedagogies of Care in Precarity
In this collaborative piece written across two countries during the Covid 19 pandemic, co-authors introduce the concepts of pedagogy of care and the ethics of care.
One Year Anniversary of Teaching Methods Online
A year from the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Ravitch offers "Methods Pedagogy for Practitioners: Supporting Students’ Wisdoms of Practice"
Teaching Black Lives Matter Principles to Shape Humanizing Research and Methods Pedagogy
Why does Dr. Sharon Ravitch start a qualitative methods course with a unit on Black Lives Matter?
FLUX Pedagogy: Transforming Teaching & Learning during Coronavirus
Dr. Ravitch suggests pedagogical thinking for online teaching and learning in the midst of a crisis.
Multimodal and Visual Methods: A Research Conversation
Multimodal qualitative research can make use of visual data beyond simple data visualization.
From Individualism to Collective Truth-listening: Transformative Listening in a Time of COVID-19
Dr, Ravitch reflects on listening and learning, and meanings for social research.
Storytelling, relational inquiry, and truth-listening
Stories can reveal otherwise hidden truths. Read about ways that storytelling can enhance research.
Imagining Forward: Visual Storytelling to Make Research Accessible for Practice
Learn about using qualitative data visualization in visual storytelling.