About the Book
This text presents a comprehensive introduction to developing conventional, mainstream theories derived from qualitative inquiry. It shares multiple examples of theories from different disciplines and includes end-of-chapter activities for exercising the skills necessary to develop an original theory.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Defining Theory
Chapter 2 Concepts
Chapter 3 Propositions
Chapter 4 Parameters and Variation
Chapter 5 Explanation
Chapter 6 Generalizability and Transferability
Chapter 7 Improving Social Life
Chapter 8 Synthesizing the Six Properties
Chapter 9 Modeling a Theory
Chapter 10 Evaluating a Theory
Chapter 11 Conclusion
About the Author :
Johnny Saldaña is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Film, Dance, and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where he taught from 1981 to 2014. He received his BFA in Drama and English Education in 1976, and MFA in Drama Education in 1979 from the University of Texas at Austin.
Saldaña is the author of Longitudinal Qualitative Research: Analyzing Change through Time (AltaMira Press, 2003); Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (Oxford University Press, 2011); Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (Left Coast Press, 2011); Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind (Sage Publications, 2015); a commissioned title for Routledge’s World Library of Educationalists Series, Writing Qualitatively: The Selected Works of Johnny Saldaña (Routledge, 2018); co-author with the late Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook (4th ed., Sage Publications, 2020); co-author with Matt Omasta for Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life (Sage Publications, 2018); and the editor of Ethnodrama: An Anthology of Reality Theatre (AltaMira Press, 2005). Previous editions of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers have been translated into Korean, Turkish, and Chinese-Simplified.
Saldaña’s methods works have been cited and referenced in more than 16,000 research studies conducted in over 130 countries in disciplines such as K-12 and higher education, medicine and health care, technology and social media, business and economics, government and social services, the fine arts, the social sciences, human development, and communication. He has published a wide range of research articles in journals such as Research in Drama Education, The Qualitative Report, Multicultural Perspectives, Youth Theatre Journal, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Teaching Theatre, Research Studies in Music Education, Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, the International Review of Qualitative Research, and Qualitative Inquiry, and has contributed several chapters to research methods handbooks. His most popular journal article, “Blue-Collar Qualitative Research: A Rant” (Qualitative Inquiry, 2014), has been downloaded by over 3,000 readers, according to ResearchGate.
Saldaña’s research in qualitative inquiry, data analysis, and performance ethnography has received awards from the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, the National Communication Association-Ethnography Division, the American Educational Research Association’s Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, New York University’s Program in Educational Theatre, the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, and the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Review :
Johnny Saldaña has added an impressive work to his already expansive collection of guides to meet the needs of qualitative researchers and qualitative data analysts. Starting from the definition of theory and moving into the realm of theory-based qualitative research, in his new book, Johnny shares his unique perspective as a research methods educator and qualitative data analyst to teach us the fundamentals of theory development.... Each of his books are a master class, and with Developing Theory through Qualitative Inquiry, Johnny Saldaña has prepared yet another learning delight for all of us to enjoy.
The author brings years of experience as a researcher, teacher, and writer into this excellent volume in ways that will elevate the importance of qualitative research in academia and in society.
This text will provide qualitative researchers with the tools to both generate theory in creative ways and champion the power of their research.
A useful guide to recommend to students doing dissertations.
I adopted Developing Theory Through Qualitative Inquiry for the Basics of Arts Research and Methodology BA course. I concentrated on parts of chapter 1 Defining theory and 9 Modeling a theory to support the undergraduate students with basic principles, including theory, modeling, visualization and creative research aspects. The whole book is important, but in my opinion especially these chapters prepare the unexperienced BA students best for their upcoming seminar-research-thesis and the final BA creative research project/thesis. Furthermore, this topic is essential to my own dissertation and further publications I plan on methodology matters in the fields I am working in.
I have ordered the book to my university library to enable this semester and future students to access the whole book.
A useful text for Dissertation
