Saturday Studio: A Case Study Of Qualitative Research Traditions

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The methods for this study are rooted in qualitative research traditions. According to Glesne (2011), qualitative research is “a type of research that focuses on qualities such as words or observation that are difficult to quantify and that lend themselves to interpretation or deconstruction” (p. 283). Qualitative research is a means to understand the meaning-making of humans in real world settings and produces findings by interpretation (Creswell, 2009). While this case study focused on Saturday Studio as the unit of analysis, I could not study Saturday Studio without taking in account the children and adult facilitators who participated, as it was their participation that created this program and environment.
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