Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs

Example Studies

Following are two example studies that illustrate issues with which arts-based researchers contend. The first is an arts-based construction, and the second is a piece of aesthetic social criticism.

Study 1: Boundary Bay: A Novel (Dunlop, 1999)

The dissertation that is discussed in the following paragraphs represents an example of literary arts–based research that explores issues of educational self-development inspired by interviews with secondary school educators, doctoral students, and university instructors. Such issues include the nature of teachers' lives, literary and artistic production, and the ways that social institutions affect women teachers' intellectual and creative lives. As a novel, Dunlop's research shows rather ...