Education

Applications for Critical Qualitative Research

David Bright, Gaile S. Cannella

• Publisher: Myers Education Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781975501365
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

The concept of difference occupies a central place in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. In this work, David Bright explores how Deleuze's difference can be put to work in critical qualitative research. The book explores research and writing as a creative process of dynamically pursuing problems. Following Deleuze's advice not tothink of problems in terms of solutions, the book offers important methodological insights into the ways the subjects, objects, and processes of research might be conceived and represented in writing, exploring the problem of thinking and writing about difference in complex ways without reducing thought to static representations of identity. Bright uses the example of foreign teachers and international schooling in Vietnam to show us how Deleuze's difference can be used in critical qualitative research, demonstrating the limits of traditional ways of thinking about difference in learning and teaching. Exploring Deleuze's Philosophy of Difference is a book that will interest all those with an interest in the application of Deleuze's philosophy to critical qualitative research. Perfect for courses such as: Critical Qualitative Research | Qualitative Inquiry | Post-qualitative Inquiry | Deleuze | Difference | Identity | Ethnography | English Language Teaching | International Education | Writing as a Method of Inquiry

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Copyright
• Title
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: A Concept of Difference: Rethinking the Real
• Chapter 2: Researching Differently: Towards a Minor Literature
• Chapter 3: A Critique of Representations: Individuating the Self
• Chapter 4: A Search for Conditions: Self and Other
• Chapter 5: The Dice Throw: Writing and Thinking Differently
• About the Author
• Index