Member checking and Heideggerian phenomenology: a redundant component

McConnell-Henry, Tracy Ellen; Chapman, Ysanne; Francis, Karen

doi:10.7748/nr2011.01.18.2.28.c8282

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“…The interviewers had over 40 years combined clinical experience and extensive experience conducting clinical and research interviews. Researchers believed knowledge of the workshop would be advantageous to the study, assist with participant rapport and be consistent with Heidegger's philosophy where researchers’ experiences are a legitimate component of the research (McConnell‐Henry, Chapman, & Francis, ). However, researchers were mindful that participants may express opinions more openly if not talking with the facilitator of the workshop which they and/or their partner attended.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…The researchers used a hermeneutic interpretive process to analyse and interpret the data (Crist & Tanner, ). Two researchers (SN and KT) acknowledged assumptions and preconceptions and performed the initial analyses (McConnell‐Henry et al, ). The interpretive team (SN, KT and TW) met frequently and narratives were examined simultaneously with development of emerging themes.…”

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On the path together: Experiences of partners of people with multiple sclerosis of the impact of lifestyle modification on their relationship

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Taylor

Jelinek

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) has a major impact on the relationship of couples living with the illness. Although some positives of dealing with MS as a couple have been identified, MS has been associated with higher rates of relationship breakdown and worse Quality of Life (QOL) for both people in the relationship, especially if the person with MS experiences a decline in mental or physical health or develops disability. Modification of lifestyle‐related risk factors has been associated with improved outcomes for people with MS, including physical and mental health‐related QOL, and these improved outcomes may lead to improved experiences for their partners. We aimed to explore the perspectives and experiences of the partners of people with MS, when the people with MS had undertaken an intensive residential workshop regarding healthy lifestyle, to understand the impact of MS and lifestyle modification on these partners’ experiences of their relationship. Within the framework of Heidegger's interpretive phenomenology, semi‐structured interviews were thematically analysed. Participants were in a spousal relationship with people with MS who had attended an intensive residential workshop regarding modification of lifestyle‐related risk factors between 2002 and 2016. Participants lived in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Europe. Three major themes were identified relating to the couple's relationships: providing support, remaining connected and togetherness. Aspects of these themes, not commonly previously reported, included the personal and relationship benefits experienced from providing support with lifestyle modification, improved communication, and the resultant greater sense of closeness. These experiences of partners of people with MS improve our understanding of both the complexities of living with MS and adopting lifestyle modification, and suggest some potential benefits to relationships.

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On the path together: Experiences of partners of people with multiple sclerosis of the impact of lifestyle modification on their relationship

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“…This can be considered a potential threat to the rigour, because the participant may overthink the request and attempt to 'say the right thing'. This is known as a 'halo effect' (McConnell-Henry et al 2010). Another issue cited in this article is the 'when is it the 'right' interpretation?…”

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The teacher as co-creator of drama: a phenomenological study of the experiences and reflections of Irish primary school teachers

McDonagh

Finneran

2017

Irish Educational Studies

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This dissertation explores the 'lived' experience of seven primary school teachers co-creating drama in an Irish context. Co-creating drama can best be described as the coming together of teacher and students in a creative enterprise. The experience centres on the notion of the teacher as a co-artist, whereby they enliven qualities of creativity such as a "willingness to play, experiment, be a partner with learners, and to take risks" (Craft 1997, p89). Co-creating is distinguished by the autonomous behaviour of the students and the artistic act of creating something of value to the group. It resonates distinctly within the theoretical frame of constructivism, as well as with more current inquiries of collaborative and creative drama practices.Classroom drama in an Irish context remains largely under-researched. It is argued that the knowledge base for teacher education should come from the teachers' experiences in the classroom, but there has yet to be an in-depth study of teachers' lived experiences of drama education in Ireland. In order to address this, a phenomenological inquiry was conducted into the experiences of teachers cocreating drama, with a view to gaining an in-depth understanding of the experience as perceived by them. Through a series of interventions and interviews, the teachers' experiences and reflections were explored in order to portray the essence of the phenomenon. The analysis of the interviews has led to a multi-faceted understanding of co-creating drama. Three main themes emerged. The teachers discuss the practical implications of navigating the co-creating experience, the importance of teacher commitment, and the outcomes of co-creating drama.

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“…Member checks may also constitute an implicit process within modes of qualitative inquiry committed to challenging the boundaries between researchers and other stakeholders (e.g., co-operative inquiry [Heron, 1996], action research [Coghlan & Brannick, 2014], and iterative co-theorisation [Harvey, 2015]). More simply, member checking is consistent with the basic follow-up interview (McConnell-Henry, Chapman & Francis, 2011), stakeholder feedback in all its variants, and participant debrief when the information is fed-back into the research. Hence, although originating in different contexts, there are close parallels between member checking and knowledge exchange and our article is novel in building upon these links.…”

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Mirrors, portraits, and member checking: Managing difficult moments of knowledge exchange in the social sciences.

Madill

Sullivan

2018

Qualitative Psychology

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Consultation is an important feature of research and, increasingly, researchers are required to work in partnership with stakeholders to increase the impact of their work. Our aim is to demonstrate what can be learned from the scholarship on, and practice of, member checking to facilitate productive knowledge exchange. Using dialogical analysis we explore three member check interactions from three different qualitative psychology projects focusing our analysis on difficult moments between researchers and participants conceptualised here as 'sore spots'. We identify two major genres in these sequences: participant ambivalence and participant challenge.We then consider passages that allow us to explore a more theoretical understanding of these two genres in terms of the metaphor of portraits and mirrors. Overall, we outline how implicit epistemologies and theories of subjectivity (uncomplicated, blank, and complex) may be linked to the way in which stakeholders approach research. We also provide a map with regard to the theories within which member checks can be undertaken, associated research practices in terms of a range of researcher responses to stakeholder ambivalence and challenge, and implications of these moments for knowledge exchange for qualitative research but also for psychological science as a whole. We conclude that sore spots in knowledge exchange process can be productive opportunities of transformational validity.

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Member checking and Heideggerian phenomenology: a redundant component

Cited by 97 publications

References 20 publications

On the path together: Experiences of partners of people with multiple sclerosis of the impact of lifestyle modification on their relationship

On the path together: Experiences of partners of people with multiple sclerosis of the impact of lifestyle modification on their relationship

The teacher as co-creator of drama: a phenomenological study of the experiences and reflections of Irish primary school teachers

Mirrors, portraits, and member checking: Managing difficult moments of knowledge exchange in the social sciences.

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