Cut-off date 27 February.
Part1: Essay. ‘Evaluate the contribution of a qualitative approach to research on friendship’.
Part2: DE100 project report – Method.
Part3: Reflection.
They both initially used a quality approach.
Part:1
‘Evaluate the contribution of a qualitative approach to research on friendship’.
This essay’s aims are to evaluate the contribution of a qualitative approach to friendship. I will discuss how different approaches studying friendship have been developed and how the findings influenced our understanding of friendships. Also, my focus will be on the benefits of quantitative and qualitative approaches and the limits of using qualitative methods for understanding friendship. In this paper, I will focus on two major
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He carried out his study by maintaining the children 's individual view of the word “friend. Rather than asking a child to write down their thoughts on the friendship he participated by watching and observing from a distance. This enabled Corsaro to see things from a child 's perspective. So, by close researcher involvement in a group(ethnography) Corsaro was able to collect rich, complex data and explain findings more in-depth. However, Corsaro wasn 't interested in turning his results into quantitative data. As quantitative data would not be robust enough to explain complex issues. for e.g. Quantitative data would not allow children to explain their choices. However, qualitative data has some disadvantages in this research. For example, because of the central role played by Corsaro in the generation of data, it is not possible to replicate qualitative studies. Also, contexts, situations, events, conditions, and interactions cannot be replicated to any extent. Furthermore, Corsaro hasn’t varied his ideas enough and kept them to a small, minimum age range and haven’t varied the different situations. In addition, if he had mixed situations and ages Corsaro may have had a very different result to what he had. However, Corsaro gained an insight into culture influences and values within the group. He found that Italian children are passionate about debates, while White American 's avoid this. This shows a …show more content…
They both used different methods: Corsaro used an ethnographic which was based on the qualitative method and unlike Bigelow and La Gaipa who used a written quantitative research method. I believe that the qualitative method overruled over quantitative method with Bigelow and La Gaipa’s compared to William Corsaro’s approach studies on friendships. As a qualitative method provided much bigger, more complex and richer
A key factor of true friendship is appreciating the conversations told between each other and this was an element Izzy had started to comprehend through Rosemunde. This relates to the paper in which Adomat describes how superficial appearances can be misleading and it was through Izzy’s newfound friendship with Rosemunde that helped her to reach that conclusion. Adomat states, “Izzy comes to realize that Rosemunde’s friendship and support are more genuine than what she has been receiving from friends who
In this article, I will use the strategy of leaving a final impression on the reader. I will give an idea that guides the reader on how to choose friends and how to make decisions. When we look at the Lori’s case, it is evident that due top wrong choice of decisions and too much love for her friend led to her sufferings. What will I reveal?
Cultural Competence Chris Hadfield was part of many different cultures traveling around the world and attending many different schools. He talked about Russia where he took part in their cultural although it was sometimes hard and not his own (p.33). He enjoyed working with the Russian’s even though there cultures were not the same and tried as best as he could to understand the traditions and social norms of his
Sometimes what begins as a close friendship can be poisoned. Insecurity and jealousy can cause betrayal of friendship. Just as Aesop once said “Betray, a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself” ( 26 Quotes about Fake Friends with Images). John Knowles’ A Separate Peace and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner highlight how jealousy and cowardice are toxic to friendship.
Although, friendship research has been carried out by researchers to studying friendship using qualitative and quantitative approach, however, this essay is going to evaluate and focus more on the contribution of qualitative
Friendship can be defined in many different ways. Most friendships are generally good, but sometimes problems can occur. Whether it be that one friend is better at something than the other. Friendship like this is portrayed in A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Gene sees his “friend” Finny almost as an enemy or rival because he is so envious of his friend.
In the essay "Friends, Good Friends - And Such Good Friends," Judith Viorst argues that different levels of friendship exist, ranging from casual acquaintances to best friends, and that it is essential to recognize these various types of friendships. Viorst employs rhetorical devices, such as contrast using anecdotes and parenthesis to include humor and evoke pathos to explore the nuances of friendships. Her purpose is to examine different friendships by reflecting on what makes a good friend and offering insight into how readers can identify and appreciate true friendships in their lives. She writes in a light-hearted and conversational tone to encourage Redbook readers, typically young adult women, to invest energy into meaningful friendships.
Most people experience many friendships throughout their lifetime. But as people grow and change, so do these relationships. Some stay strong throughout the many trials life brings us, while others end abruptly or slowly fade away as people grow apart. In order to better understand what makes some friendships come to an end, it is important to analyze the process of a fading relationship. By carefully examining this process, people may help themselves to grow emotionally while also gaining valuable knowledge that can be applied to future situations.
Friendship develops learners emotionally and socially in terms of showing support, love and loyalty. Showing love in friendship means respecting and being the shoulder of your friend in bad and in good times. In the novel Fern did not neglect the fact Wilbur for the fact that she was sold to Mr. Zuckerman, “Fern came almost every day to visit him” (White, 1952:14). She went there to visit Wilbur to see how she was coping with in the new environment. Friendships provide children with more than just fun playmates but a shoulder to cry on in difficult times and a laughing
In “Friends, Good Friends – and Such Good Friends”, Judith Viorst asserts that women have many variations of friends in order to reap various benefits, such as having a reliable access to aid to any situation, being able to tap into their friends’ expertise, and retaining a link to the past. Firstly, it is important for women to have many friends so they can rely on their friends’ help for different unforeseen circumstances. For example, when some of them remember that they have accidentally left the house unlocked, they will call their neighbors for help in locking their house door. For work-related problems, they can count on their colleagues to resolve the issue.
This further demonstrates the importance of friendship for people, that people can tell their friends everything that they would not tell their families. Regardless of the situation, friends help with anything, so when I was under loads of stress with projects, my friends helped me organize a schedule to finish everything properly and on time. My friends did not lecture me, like I knew my family would, rather, they helped me with time management, something I have always struggled with, and with their assistance I have improved my time management. The action to help me establishes that friendship is important, because my friends helped me a lot when I had no one else to turn
So in conclusion, the term friendship can be formally defined as “the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends.” However, it’s meaning can also be interpreted in a variety of other ways as well. For example, friendship can be presented as a “shoulder to cry on”, someone to spend time with, or the building blocks to a relationship. Friendship is one of the more important necessities
The prompt of this analysis is whether or not Emma Woodhouse's friendship with Harriet Smith will be beneficial or inexpedient. It is necessary to define a friendship before continuing, so I will point to a sign encountered while traveling out of state: “The true friend is not the one who bails you out of jail, but the one who is enjoying the cell with you.” In this amusing statement, there is a kernel of truth. A true friend will be trustworthy, dependable, and capable of being non-judgmental and empathetic. That being defined, let these definitions of friendship be compared to Emma and Harriet's friendship.
Aristotle argues that friendships are required to meet the conditions needed to live the most fulfilling life. His idea of friendship goes along the basics as ‘getting along with’ such as you would with neighbours or say you and the staff in your local coffee shop. What counts as friendship is goodwill that is directed towards each other. For example, awareness of the relationship and the relationship must be mutual. Looking through Nicomachean Ethics book VIII and IX, this essay will discuss just how this takes place through the interpersonal relationships of Humbert and Haze, Humbert and Dolores, Annabel Leigh and Humbert and Humbert and Valeria from the novel ‘Lolita’ (Vladimir Nabokov, 1955) and the film adaptation (Adrian Lyne, 1997).
This excerpt describes a piece of what friendship really is. There are so many things in life that we consider of value, friendship being one for many people. Friendship has been that life saver for many people, that connection with someone that changes their life around. This is described as a special kind of love