Principles of Discussion in Qualitative Educational Research

Authors

Shaoan W. Zhang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Valerie Anne Storey, & Kristina A. Hesbol (Eds.)

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Contemporary approaches to dissertation development and research methods

Publisher

Information Science Reference

Publisher Location

Hershey, PA

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to offer perspectives of basic principles of writing discussion section in a qualitative research article or dissertation. The first portion of the chapter explains how to link the discussion of the findings to each component: brief summary of the findings, contribution to previous studies, contribution to the theory, implications, and limitations. The explanation includes examples that help readers get a glimpse of the connection. Built on the aforementioned explanation, this chapter also raises the common problems related to each element and further discusses the challenges for novice scholars. The second portion of the chapter focuses on scholars’ expected development of knowledge and abilities for meaningfully connecting these five elements.

Repository Citation

Zhang, S. W. (2016). Principles of Discussion in Qualitative Educational Research. In Valerie Anne Storey, & Kristina A. Hesbol (Eds.), Contemporary approaches to dissertation development and research methods Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.