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Heuristic Inquiry: The Internal Research Pathway

Heuristic Inquiry: The Internal Research Pathway

Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522593652|ISBN10: 1522593659|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522593669|EISBN13: 9781522593676
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9365-2.ch004
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Robin Throne. "Heuristic Inquiry: The Internal Research Pathway." Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2019, pp.66-82. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9365-2.ch004

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R. Throne (2019). Heuristic Inquiry: The Internal Research Pathway. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9365-2.ch004

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Robin Throne. "Heuristic Inquiry: The Internal Research Pathway." In Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9365-2.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter presents current research insights into the selection of heuristic inquiries for a doctoral-level inquiry. Heuristic inquiry within social science research allows for self-as-subject representations in search of the essential meaning of phenomena or constructs explored and through the analysis of the individual experience, results may inform larger sociocultural contexts. While receptivity of heuristic inquiry as rigorous doctoral-level research varies by discipline and institution, the research design in doctoral education remains widely accepted for doctoral-level inquiry as it often appeals to the doctoral scholar due to the deep introspection expected in the phases of analysis. While heuristic inquiry emerged within psychology, doctoral scholars use the introspective research design across fields of study, the doctoral degree program, and institution to meet all institutional requirements and ethical assurances. Like autoethnography, the relational aspects between doctoral scholar and research supervisor are vital to successful heuristic inquiry and the doctoral scholar's development as a new investigator.

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