Powers of qualitative research - Old-fashioned qualitative research methods are still powerful in answering the most emergent climate questions we are faced with [Nature Climate Change, September 2021]

Title:

Powers of qualitative research

Published:

Nature Climate Change, 11, 717 (1 September 2021)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01153-z

From the editorial:

In natural and social science studies, quantitative methods emphasizing numbers and statistical or numerical models are becoming the dominant approach, and climate change research is no exception. In recent years, the scholarly community has witnessed a rapid rise in unprecedented data access and computational approaches. However, we should not ignore the powers of qualitative methods. Qualitative methods usually collect information through interviews and participant observation and from archival text. Rather than using large-scale datasets with common dimensions, they focus on unique cases and mechanisms. In particular, they are inimitable when investigating underlying causes and data that are hard to measure or scarce.

 

Scholarly Article (January 2020) - Good teaching as care in higher education (by Vivienne Anderson [et al.])

Title:
Good teaching as care in higher education

Authors:
Vivienne Anderson [et al.].

Published:
Higher Education, January 2020, 79(1):1-19
Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-019-00392-6

From the abstract:
"In this article, we discuss a research project that explored diverse students’ conceptions of good teaching and effective learning at a research-intensive university in Aotearoa New Zealand, using focus group discussions, critical incident technique and photovoice. Participants included 55 Māori, Pacific, international and (other) local students enrolled in Health Science and Humanities subjects."