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  1. Biographical research

    Biographical research is a qualitative research approach aligned to the social interpretive paradigm of research. The biographical research is concerned with the reconstruction of life histories and the constitution of meaning based on biographical narratives and documents. The material for analysis consists of interview protocols ( memorandums ...

  2. An Introduction to Biographical Research

    Biographical research in education may be conceived in many different ways; however, typically the topic con­stitutes the study of a single life, focusing primarily upon an individual who in some way is affiliated with the professional field of education, broadly conceived (Garraty, 1957; Oates, 1986). Other research methodologies are often ...

  3. Biographical Research Methods

    Narrative research in social science has come a long way since its urban life heyday. Biographical Research Methods takes this forward, deftly focusing on concepts and techniques for analyzing the contours of personal experience. Outstanding is a view to the context-specific whats and processual hows of biographical construction.

  4. Biographical Resources: A Research Guide: Introduction

    Introduction. We purchase access to new online versions of major biographical reference sources as they become available. Many important biographical resources are available in print and on microfilm. This guide combines online titles with the selected microform and print biography titles in the Olin and Africana reference collections.

  5. Getting Started

    Biographical Research: Getting Started Trustworthy biographical data is a cornerstone of research, whether one needs to place a person in historical and cultural context, verify birth date and place, or introduce a speaker to an audience.

  6. Sage Research Methods

    Biographical research may take a range of forms and may vary in its application and approach but has the unified and coherent aim to give voice to individuals. The central concern of this collection is to assemble articles (from sociology, social psychology, education, health, criminology, social gerontology, epidemiology, management, and ...

  7. Biographical Research Methods

    Biographical Research Methods. Biographical data provide unique insights into social life, but they also pose some significant challenges for social science researchers. This book offers a systematic, flexible guide to using biographical narrative methods in your research project. Drawing upon the authors' own research, as well as case ...

  8. Introduction: Reconstructive biographical research

    Reconstructive biographical research is a distinct sociological approach to social analysis. It explores the interrelation between 'biography' and 'society' and thus belongs to those sociological approaches that are linked to the assumption that 'society' is made up of individuals and cannot be conceived independently of their interpretations and actions.

  9. Introduction: Reconstructive biographical research

    Abstract. Reconstructive biographical research is a diverse and differentiated sociological field. In this introduction, we trace its interdisciplinary and transnational historical development, consider the most important theoretical influences, and characterize central research areas. In this way, we show that reconstructive biographical ...

  10. Sage Research Methods

    Chapter 1: Discovering biographical narrative research. Chapter 2: Theoretical approaches to biographical narratives. Chapter 3: Interview process and ethics. Chapter 4: Autobiographical narrative interview method. Chapter 5: Narrative ethnography. Chapter 6: Logical systems, qualitative comparative analysis and quantitative coding.

  11. PDF Introduction to Biographical Research

    The biographical research, which focuses on biographical identity or. biographical structuring (Fischer-Rosenthal 2000, 114ff.), assumes that the link between structure and individuals could only be understood sufficiently by analysing the development of the individual personality in the life course.

  12. Biographical Research Methods

    Biographical data provide unique insights into social life, but they also pose some significant challenges for social science researchers. This book offers a systematic, flexible guide to using biographical narrative methods in your research project. Drawing upon the authors' own research, as well as case studies from a range of international contexts and disciplines, the book illustrates how ...

  13. Biographical Research

    Biographical Research. Brian Roberts. Open University Press, 2002 - Social Science - 212 pages. "Roberts is certainly successful in conveying a sense of the rich diversity of biographical research. This is a book based upon a formidably wide-ranging bibliography together with his own, by no means insignificant, contributions to the field ...

  14. Part 1 Biographical Research, Oral History and Collaborative Storytelling

    Biographical Network has been critical in encouraging and developing the use of biographical methods in varied adult education contexts such as higher education, community education, the workplace as well as informal learning in the family and elsewhere. The 'turn' to biographical methods brought subjectivity centre stage in the research ...

  15. Biographical Research

    ABSTRACT. This chapter provides an introduction to the depth and range of Biographical Research. It is clear that Biographical Research is firmly established within the social sciences, becoming part of the 'mainstream' in research practice. What is apparent is the increasing extension of interest in forms of 'personal documents' and ...

  16. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1

    Abstract. This case study is in process, begun in 2008, in which I am currently collecting data for an authorized biography. It outlines what has recently been a shift in the role of researchers, especially during interviews, from one of structured questioner to a more collaborative role, that of conversational partner.

  17. Research Guides: Finding Biographical Information: Introduction and

    Anna Assogba, ([email protected]) Research Librarian, Lamont Library. Book-length biographies are easily found in the HOLLIS Catalog, but short biographical articles are scattered widely in biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias and periodicals. Try the Resources of First Resort. If you don't find what you need:

  18. How To Structure A Successful Biography Research Project

    Completing a biography research guide will help your students remain focused and on task. The format and structure of the research guide is based on the needs of your students. Hopefully, the items listed below will point you in the right direction. Cover Page: It's important to review the meaning of the term biography and require students to ...

  19. The biographical approach: A better way to understand behaviour in

    In research on health and illness, studies using a narrative approach are gaining ground in a context where a statistical quantitative approach as well as an 'objective' approach to illness have dominated for decades. ... 1 There is a range of different biographical concepts available in biographical research. Here an approach is proposed ...

  20. (PDF) Biographical Research

    Biography is 'an account of someone's life written by someone else.' (Oxford, 2016). Biographical research aids in developing a concept of learning which is context-specific, rather than ...

  21. How to Write a Biography: 6 Tips for Writing Biographical Texts

    Whether you want to start writing a biography about a famous person, historical figure, or an influential family member, it's important to know all the elements that make a biography worth both writing and reading. Biographies are how we learn information about another human being's life. Whether you want to start writing a biography about ...

  22. How to Write a Biosketch

    What is a Biographical Sketch? BioSketches are a great tool to document an individual's qualifications, professional experience, and academic journey. ... She presented her research at two university-wide undergraduate research symposiums in 2020 and has since been published in Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. ...

  23. How To Write A Good Academic Biography

    An academic biography is a concise description of a researcher and his career which is mostly used as an introduction to a conference or public event. This article discusses some important tips on writing an academic bio. ... His favorite place to do research in his backyard, which opens to the Akron National Forest. This improvised version is ...

  24. Research Guides: France: Women in the Revolution: Marie Antoinette

    This guide is a starting point for research on women in the French Revolution of 1789. It includes English and French-language bibliographies, primary sources, digital resources, images, and biographical information on key figures in the Revolution.

  25. Modernism Lab

    Reflections on the Modernism Lab. 8/12/17 By Sam Alexander, in response to Ally Findley A recent book on modernist DH projects includes a description of Modernism Lab in an appendix titled "Field Guide to Digital Projects": Focusing on the networks of people, places, ideas, and works of the early modernist period (1914-1926), the Modernism ...

  26. Michael YungShun Wang MD FACS Miller School of Medicine

    Michael Yung-Shun Wang, M.D., FACS, is a professor of neurological surgery and director of the Spine Fellowship Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He specializes in complex spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal cord injury, and spinal oncology. Learn more about his clinical expertise, research interests, and publications on his faculty profile.

  27. MLK Biographer: King Never Said Quote Criticizing Malcolm X

    Now 48% Off. $18 at Amazon $31 at Macy's. But it turns out King never said it. Jonathan Eig, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography King: A Life, discovered in his research that Alex ...

  28. Biographical Sources

    An indispensable biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism, this dictionary offers readers a wealth of factual detail on and analysis of America's leading artists, along with analysis of their work. Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (5th ed.) Covering Western art from the ancient ...