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Critical review of Thompson, C. (2008). ‘Living’ sacrifice and shame: Phenomenological insights into continuing, ‘distance education
student experience. South African Joumal of Higher Education, 23(4), 795-808,
In answering the questions, you should try to always indicate the page number where you found the relevant material, especially if
itis a quote I's also useful if you paraphrase something to know where the original materials.
1. What was the research question? |
(What did the authors want to know?)
2. Where did the research question come
from? (How did the author's decide that
this would be the focus of the study?)
‘8, What was the data or evidence?
4. Who were the participants? How were
they chosen? What explanation were
Participants given?
‘5. How was the data collected?EDEME97 Qualitative Research in Education — Reading Qualitative Research
data? (What did they do with it during
and after data collection?)
7. What were the findings (results,
themes)?
8. What were the findings based on?
(How were they supported?)
9. Are you convinced? (Why andlor why
not?)
Group members:
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410. What does the author/s say about
hhow and why the research was done in
‘order to claim that we should trust the
research?
111, What ethical issues are raised? How
are these resolved? (none are raised,
what is assumed?)
412. Are there any inconsistencies
between the sections? How could these
be resolved?
13 .Is the study useful? How? To who?
Group members:
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