Can Qualitative Research Inform Policy Implementation? Evidence and Arguments from a Developing Country Context

Abstract: How can qualitative research inform policy implementation? This article hopes to shed some light on this complex yet relevant issue and locates this inquiry in a transitional South African context. I intend to qualitatively reveal the local teacher voice, in times of transition and show how such knowledge could contribute to policy implementation. That said, I argue that although teachers play an important role in our education system, more often than not, the teacher voice is a silent voice, which implies that local knowledge for policy implementation might be underplayed, discounted or simply ignored. First, I briefly discuss the development of qualitative research in policy-oriented work. Second, I work from an interpretive perspective to illuminate teacher voice as local knowledge, discussing resistant behaviour and the responses of experienced teachers. Finally, I conclude how qualitative research offers substance and deep nuanced understandings of the complexities at the leve.... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/678

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Can Qualitative Research Inform Policy Implementation? Evidence and Arguments from a Developing Country Context ; volume:4 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:09 ; year:2003 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 4, Heft 3 (30.09.2003)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Smit, Brigitte

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-4.3.678
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs030363
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:34 MESZ