Week 2 - Assignment: Appraise the Merits of Using the Qualitative Method

The Conceptual Framework

Where do I start? Consider these three considerations to formulate a conceptual framework:

The conceptual model Determine the guiding framework for your dissertation research As noted in your dissertation template, a conceptual framework provides the detailed components/variables identifying interinterrelationships in and across the components. While a conceptual framework is often referred to interchangeably with a theoretical framework, it maintains a distinct purpose. A conceptual framework is used to clarify concepts, organize ideas, and identify relationships with which to frame a study. Concepts are logically developed and ororganized to support an overall framework and often exhibited graphically within dissertation research.

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The conceptual contribution Determine the potential contribution of your conceptual framework A conceptual fA conceptual framework provides an illustration of the interrelated ideas or aspects of your variables/constructs, and often organized using existing models. Ideally, you will revisit your conceptual framework of your study when you describe the implications of your study findings as you draft Chapter 5 once your study has concluded. This allows for a consideration of your framework as a deliberation of the influence of the framework in light of light of your key findings and within the context of current scholarship within your discipline.

Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework

Chapter 5: Implications

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As you begin, determine with your Dissertation Chair whether your dissertation research study is best guided by a theoretical framework or a conceptual framework (see also ‘The Conceptual Framework’)

1. Discipline/Field of Study

What is your degree program?

What is your area of specialization?

What is your research focus?

What is your method paradigm?

2. Principle(s); Model(s)

What are relevant principle(s), model(s), or ideas aligned with your discipline? Which principle(s) or model(s) resonated with you in course work?

What principle(s) and/or model(s) have past researchers used?

3. Authorship

Who was/were the original model author(s)?

How will the model(s) be adapted/utilized for your framework?

References

Berman, J., & Smyth, R. (2015). Conceptual frameworks in the doctoral research process a pedagogical model. Innovations in Education & Teaching International, 52(2), 125-136. doi10.108014703297.2013.80901

Casanave, C. P., & Li, Y. (2015). Novices’ struggles with conceptual and theoretical framing in writing dissertations and papers for publication. Publications, 3(2), 104-119. doi:10.3390/publications3020104

Review the Chapter 1 requirements in the NCU DP/DM Template Checklist:

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IDEA(S)/P INCIPLE(S)

MODEL(S)