Volume 4, Issue no. 3, June 2005

                                     GT Review vol.4 issue 3    ←    Volume 4, Issue no. 3, June 2005 Basic Social Processes   Barney G. Glaser with the assistance of Judith Holton The goal of grounded theory is to generate a theory that accounts for a pattern of behavior that is relevant and problematic for those involved. The goal is not voluminous description, nor clever verification.  As with all grounded theory, the generation of a basic social process (BSP) theory occurs around a core category. While a core category is always present in a grounded research study, a...

Volume 4, Issue no. 2, March 2005

                                 GT Review vol4 no2 ←   Volume 4, Issue no. 2, March 2005  The Impact of Symbolic Interaction on Grounded Theory  Barney G. Glaser  As I stated in the introduction to chapter 9, GT is a general inductive method possessed by no discipline or theoretical perspective or data type.  Yet the takeover of GT by Symbolic Interaction (SI) and all the departments and institutes that SI informs and resides in is massive and thereby replete with the remodeling of GT.  The literature on qualitative methodology is massive and replete with the assertion...

Volume 4, Issue no. 1, November 2004

                                        GTReview Vol4 no1 pdf Volume 4, Issue no. 1, November 2004  Remodeling Grounded Theory Barney G. Glaser with the assistance of Judith Holton This paper outlines my concerns with Qualitative Data Analysis’ (QDA) numerous remodelings of Grounded Theory (GT) and the subsequent eroding impact. I cite several examples of the erosion and summarize essential elements of classic GT methodology. It is hoped that the article will clarify my concerns with the continuing enthusiasm but misunderstood embrace of GT by QDA methodologists and serve...

Basic Social Processes

By Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D., Hon.Ph.D. with the assistance of Judith Holton Abstract The goal of grounded theory is to generate a theory that accounts for a pattern of behavior that is relevant and problematic for those involved. The goal is not voluminous description, nor clever verification. As with all grounded theory, the generation of a basic social process (BSP) theory occurs around a core category. While a core category is always present in a grounded research study, a BSP may not be. BSPs are ideally suited to generation by grounded theory from qualitative research...

Adventuring: A grounded theory discovered through the analysis of scie...

By Katrina M. Maloney, M.Sc., Ed.D. Abstract The grounded theory of adventuring, derived from the substantive area of science teaching and learning, explains both why scientific thinking is an evolutionarily important trait and illustrates a common thread throughout a variety of teaching and learning behaviors. The core concept of adventuring incorporates the categories of exploring, mavericking, and acquiring and applying skills that are the hallmarks of positive science education. Learning science is difficult due to the higher order cognitive skills required. This...

Doing Best for Children: An emerging grounded theory of parents’ polic...

By Ruth Freeman, Ph.D.; Richard Ekins, Ph.D. & Michele Oliver, M.Med.Sc. Abstract Changes in children’s lifestyle from structured family meals to unstructured between meal sugar snacking has been recognised as a risk factor in childhood obesity. Parental insights into children’s between meal snacking and their experiences of regulation are important if an understanding of sugar snacking is to be gained in the field of childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to use grounded theory techniques to analyze the qualitative data obtained from participants and to...