A Framework for Visual Methods in Educational Research

• In Event: Insights and Framing in Qualitative Method and Process

Abstract

This paper previews a forthcoming book on visual research methods from Routledge and introduces a benchmark framework for the analysis of visual imagery across a broad range of visual culture used in educational research. The paper explores how visual methods provide entry ways to understanding the application of tacit knowledge when using, creating, and analyzing visual materials. The paper will consider the ways that visual knowledge can expand research methods in the social sciences. As the visual has become so deeply embedded in culture, all qualitative educational researchers require expertise in visual methods, not just those researchers who seek to pursue arts-based research methodologies.

Authors

• Kerry J. Freedman, Northern Illinois University

• Richard E. Siegesmund, Northern Illinois University