Interpretive Research Aiming at Theory Building: Adopting and Adapting the Case Study Design

Andrade, Antonio Díaz

doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2009.1392

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“…Building on initial email correspondence which sought to gather salient information (Andrade 2009) about respondents' early experiences of lockdown, further depth of data (Chamberlain et al 2011) was built by asking the interviewees to explain what stood out as interesting and surprising in relation to how remote teaching worked or did not work during the first lockdown. We wanted to find out about teachers' perceptions of effective online provision (Cope and Ward 2002).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Teaching in a third space during national COVID-19 lockdowns: in loco magister?

Johnston

Foy

Mulligan

et al. 2021

Irish Educational Studies

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about rapid change in the way education was delivered in terms of online teaching and how this was managed by families in their homes. This study looks at the relationship between home (first space) and school (second space) and uses the concept of the 'third space' (Bhabha, H. [1994]. The Location of Culture, London: Routledge) to explore home-school links. Nine participants working in six local authorities in Scotland were questioned during the first lockdown in 2020 and then interviewed during the second national lockdown in 2021. Their responses were analysed in terms of the awareness they had of home funds of knowledge and the influence this had on their pedagogy online. The researchers investigated whether a third space had emerged and, if so, what the features of this hybrid space were. A key finding relates to the role of parents in the third space, in loco magister. In the first lockdown, glimpses of third space learning were visible in children's achievements online. In the second lockdown, however, parental concerns to preserve some semblance of orderly family life led to the colonisation of the spatio-temporal dimensions of online teaching, seeing the return to more transmissive teacher approaches and missed opportunities for children's learning.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching in a third space during national COVID-19 lockdowns: in loco magister?

Johnston

Foy

Mulligan

et al. 2021

Irish Educational Studies

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“…The case study design was also employed to allow the researchers (authors of this chapter) to become an active participant with the learners, but still upholding expected research ethics (Andrade, 2009). The findings thereof were not generalisable as the inquiry was bound and therefore, thorough and contributing knowledge pertaining to the social context had to be developed (Brown, 2008).…”

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Enhancing Learners’ Intrinsic Motivation Using Student Teams Achievement Divisions (Stad) in Multicultural Classrooms of South Africa

Masoabi¹,

Alexander²

2021

Advances in Education and Educational Trends Series

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This chapter is drawn from a PhD study that employedStudent Team’sAchievement Divisions as a learning technique to enhance learners’ intrinsic motivation inTechnology Education within a South African multicultural school. The authors over the years observed learners’ actions, and interactions in Technology classes and realised that some of the learners find it difficult to engage in behaviour that arises within themselves -an aspect known as intrinsic motivation. Most learners in the Technology class, registered no concerns in obtaining low scores or failing the subject. However, a minority of the learner population obtained high achievement scores and maintained interest throughout lessons. This study explored the development of the ZPD in a cooperative learning context. The authorsusedSTAD, as a cooperative learning technique, in motivating learners intrinsically to increase their participation in class activities. The study explored STAD in1) closing the gap between pedagogy and content knowledge, and 2) intrinsically motivating learners to develop high levels of achievement in the subject of Technology. This study employed the Bricolage design in gathering data from two Grade eight Technology classes over a six-month period. The findings indicated that the learning environment cultivated learners’ development, curiosity, and positive attitude toward Technology.

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“…Within IS, the role of theory is to enhance our understanding of the world by providing explanations, descriptions, predictions and actionable guidance [19]. Gregor's work is foundational for most recent discussions about theory in IS [42][43][44][45][46] and she proposed a classification schema or taxonomy of IS theories based on core characteristics and the primary goal of the theory [19]. The primary goal of a theory is directly related to a question or a problem that needs to be investigated, and theories are, therefore, developed for the purposes of analysis and description, prediction, explanation and prescription.…”

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Enterprise Architecture as Explanatory Information Systems Theory for Understanding Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth

2020

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Understanding and explaining small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth is important for sustainability from multiple perspectives. Research indicates that SMEs comprise more than 80% of most economies, and their cumulative impact on sustainability considerations is far from trivial. In addition, for sustainability concerns to be prioritized, an SME has to be successful over time. In most developing countries, SMEs play a major role in solving socio-economic challenges. SMEs are an active research topic within the information systems (IS) discipline, often within the enterprise architecture (EA) domain. EA fundamentally adopts a systems perspective to describe the essential elements of a socio-technical organization and their relationships to each other and to the environment in order to understand complexity and manage change. However, despite rapid adoption originally, EA research and practice often fails to deliver on expectations. In some circles, EA became synonymous with projects that are over-budget, over-time and costly without the expected return on investment. In this paper, we argue that EA remains indispensable for understanding and explaining enterprises and that we fundamentally need to revisit some of the applications of EA. We, therefore, executed a research study in two parts. In the first part, we applied IS theory perspectives and adopted the taxonomy and structural components of theory to argue that EA, as represented by the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture (ZFEA), could be adopted as an explanatory IS theory. In the second part of the study, we subsequently analysed multiple case studies from this theoretical basis to investigate whether distinguishable focus patterns could be detected during SME growth. The final results provide evidence that EA, represented through an appropriate framework like the ZFEA, could serve as an explanatory theory for SMEs during start-up, growth and transformation. We identified focus patterns and from these results, it should be possible to understand and explain how SMEs grow. Positioning the ZFEA as explanatory IS theory provides insight into the role and purpose of the ZFEA (and by extension EA), and could assist researchers and practitioners with mediating the challenges experienced by SMEs, and, by extension, enhance sustainable development.

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Interpretive Research Aiming at Theory Building: Adopting and Adapting the Case Study Design

Cited by 84 publications

References 41 publications

Teaching in a third space during national COVID-19 lockdowns: in loco magister?

Teaching in a third space during national COVID-19 lockdowns: in loco magister?

Enhancing Learners’ Intrinsic Motivation Using Student Teams Achievement Divisions (Stad) in Multicultural Classrooms of South Africa

Enterprise Architecture as Explanatory Information Systems Theory for Understanding Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth

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