ERIC Number: EJ1098372
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 22
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Determining Faculty and Student Views: Applications of Q Methodology in Higher Education
Ramlo, Susan
Journal of Research in Education, v22 n1 p86-107 Spr 2012
William Stephenson specifically developed Q methodology, or Q, as a means of measuring subjectivity. Q has been used to determine perspectives/views in a wide variety of fields from marketing research to political science but less frequently in education. In higher education, the author has used Q methodology to determine views about a variety of situations, from students' views about a newly developed bioinformatics course to faculty members' views of reading circles as a professional development experience to improve teaching and learning in their classrooms. The purpose of this article is to introduce Q methodology and demonstrate its versatility in addressing research purposes in higher education, especially where the focus is on determining student or faculty perceptions about a topic. Such determinations can be helpful for program evaluation and improved teaching/learning in higher education.
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Correlation, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Epistemology, Science Instruction, Physics, Educational Attitudes, Biology, Information Science, Technology Education, Curriculum Development, Organizational Change, Surveys, Likert Scales
Eastern Educational Research Association. George Watson, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, College of Education and Professional Development, Huntington, WV 25755. e-mail: eerajournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.eeraorganization.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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