I am currently working on a concept paper that theorizes the development of a research culture for public schools (basic education). I have read one of his papers and I am thinking of using this design. Any input on grounded theory, especially Pandit's (1995), will be appreciated. Thank you.
I would like to know more about it though. I read its abstract here.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol2/iss4/3/ .
The article in question has been cited over 1700 times, which is quite respectable for one that is 25 years old. Still, that is no where near as visible as the work of Charmaz or Glaser and his followers (e.g., the book by Holton & Walsh)..
As far as I can tell, the main thing that remains notable about the Pandit article is its use of online databases for GT. Is that something you plan to do?
I have not decided yet, not until I understand fully how GT works. I am new to this methodology and I really want to learn it.
@Angé Inesia Thank.you for enlightening me. GT is new to me. I will read more about Corbin and Strauss GT. I look forward to that article. Would love to read it and learn more.
May Anne Logo Batain There are now five editions of the Corbin and Strauss book (formerly Strauss and Corbin, but Strauss died after the 2nd ed). I personally would recommend the 2nd edition as best coverage of their essential ideas. In addition, you could check out their 1990 article in Qualitative Sociology and the Strauss and Corbin chapter in the 1994 ed. of the Handbook of Qualitative Research.
David L Morgan thank you sir for the recommendation. Will start reading these.
I agree with those above. Choose one of the more established versions of GT:
• Glaserian GT (Glaser has written a lot of books, but I would recommend the one from 1978 [Theoretical sensitivity] together with the one from 1998 [Doing grounded theory], and – if you would like to understand theoretical coding better – the one from 2005 [Grounded theory perspective III]).
• Straussian GT (read one of the editions of Strauss & Corbin's textbook: the second one, if you want to base your study on the last one that Strauss wrote together with Corbin before he passed away, or the latest edition if you want to base your study on Corbin's most current additional development).
• constructivist GT (read Charmaz' 2nd edition of her textbook from 2014 [Constructing grounded theory]).
Both Straussian and constructivist versions of GT are open to do literature review prior to, during and at the end of the research process (while Glaserian GT has the dictum of delaying the literature review to the end to avoid "forcing") as long as you adopt an open mind (rather than an empty head) and are sensitive to data. You might check my writings on informed GT (which is not another version of GT but more about how to deal with your knowledge about the field under study and to be informed without ending up in crude deduction, or what Glaser would call "forcing"): Article Informed Grounded Theory
Good luck with your work!
Robert Thornberg thank you for these recommndations… I will look into these
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