Contemplative Qualitative Inquiry: A Review
Kate M. Guthrie
The Qualitative Report June 27, 2020 DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4721 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Qualitative Peer reviewed |
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| Key findings | The reviewer contends that Janesick's book uniquely integrates qualitative research with Zen, offering researchers a distinctive approach to qualitative inquiry and providing instructors with useful suggestions for pedagogy and practice. |
Abstract
The following is a review of the book Contemplative Qualitative Inquiry: Practicing the Zen of Research by Valerie J. Janesick and published in 2015. This review aims to highlight the book’s unique features, primarily focusing on the ways in which Janesick appropriately weaves essential aspects of qualitative research and Zen alongside one another. Janesick offers readers, novice or experienced researchers, a unique way of understanding and approaching the practice of qualitative inquiry. The review highlights features of each chapter and concludes with how instructors of qualitative research methods may benefit from Janesick’s many suggestions for pedagogy and practice.