Abstract

In their recent article, "Motives for Dissertation Research at the Intersection between Rural Education and Curriculum and Instruction," Howley, Howley, and Yahn (2014) describe a rigorous and time-consuming study examining rural education dissertations written over the last 25 years. Their data analysis led to four codes used to categorize motives of 188 dissertations. In addition to reading 188 dissertations, they read several hundred more abstracts to determine a thorough sample, meeting virtually and in person to examine the "ways in which dissertations related to curriculum and instruction have engaged rurality" as a means of discerning the motives of these dissertation theses (p. 1). They argue it's important for us (current rural education researchers) to know what emerging scholars are up to.

How to Cite:

Azano, A. P., (2014) “Motives, Methods or Quality?: Making Sense of Howley, Howley and Yahn”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 29(11), 1–4.

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