Grounded theory and its application in studies on disabled students’ reality Cover Image

Teoria ugruntowana i jej zastosowanie w badaniu rzeczywistości studentów niepełnosprawnych
Grounded theory and its application in studies on disabled students’ reality

Author(s): Magdalena Bełza, Kateřina Janků
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: grounded theory; disabled university student; difficulties

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on the potentialities and difficulties which might appear in applying the methodology of grounded theory in the research into disabled university students. The major assumptions of grounded theory are described and the focus is on some selected aspects of designing and conducting studies in compliance with grounded theory. These are: the specification of the research area and aim, the choice of strategies, pre-assumption, the beginning dilemma, fear of finishing field saturation, building and grounding the theory. The attempt is also made to refer the difficulties resulting from these elements of grounded theory to the studies conducted among disabled students as well as to some solutions suggested in expert literature.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 109-119
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English