This is a brief presentation on the subject of Discourse Analysis as a Research Method in Education. This was created by Apostolos Koutropoulos and Rosemarri Klamn for EDDE 802, assignment 2.

1. Discourse Analysis
KLAMN & KOUTROPOULOS
EDDE 802 :: ASSIGNMENT 2
2/24/2015

2. Discourse Analysis…
 Saying things using language never goes without
doing things, or being things.
 Building language is a mutual process.
 Some DA look only at “content” of the language
being used, the themes or issues being discussed in
a conversation.
 Other DA approaches pay more attention to the
structure of language (grammar) and how this
structure functions to make meaning in specific
contexts

3. Discourse Analysis Vs…..
 Narrative analysis
 The study or stories of individuals, groups,
societies and cultures
 Conversation analysis
 The study of social interactions of everyday life
 Critical Discourse Analysis
 The study of social discourse in terms of their
societal implications like status, solidarity, the
distribution of social goods, and power

4. Discourse Analysis – Theoretical
Perspective
•Methodology
• Social
Constructivism
• Feminism
•Epistemologies
• Objectivism,
subjectivism,
constructionism,
social or feminist
epistemology
•Methodology
• Critical Theories
• Postmodern/Posts
tructuralism
• Postcolonialism
•Epistemologies
• Objectivism,
subjectivism,
constructionism,
contexutualism,
relativism,
pluralism, social &
feminist
epistemology
•Methodology
• Hybrid
Perspectives
•Epistemologi
es
• Dependent on
epistemologies
associated
with combined
positions
Interpretivist
Paradigm
CriticalParadigm
PluralistParadigm
Developed from Koro-Ljungberg, M., Yendol-Hoppey, D., Smith, J.J., and Hayes, S.B. (2009).
(E)pistemological Awareness, Instantiation of Methods, and Uninformed Methodological Ambiguity in
Qualitative Research Projects. Educational Researcher, Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 687-699.

5. Aspects of Discourse
 Significance
 Practices
 Identities
 Relationships
 Politics (social goods)
 Connections
 Sign Systems & Knowledge

6. Tools for Discourse Analysis
 Social Languages
 Discourses
 Conversations
 Intertextuality

7. Validity in DA
 The burden falls on the critic of the analysis to show
that important details left out are relevant by
adding them in and changing the analysis.
 Discourse analysts must always be willing to share their
data.
 4 aspects of validity
 Convergence
 Agreement
 Coverage
 Linguistic Details

8. Discussion Questions
 What did you think about the research article (Unity
& Detachment)?
 Highlights?
 Areas of Critique?
 Does Discourse Analysis resonate with you?

9. References
 Gee, J., P., & Green, J. (1998). Discourse analysis, learning, and social practice: A
methodological study. Review of Research in Education, 23 (119-169).
 Gee, J. P. (2009). Discourse analysis: What makes it critical?
 Gee, J. P. (2010). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. New York: Routledge
 Koro-Ljungberg, M., Yendol-Hoppey, D., Smith J.J., and Hayes, S.B. (2009).
(E)pistemological Awareness, Instantiation of Methods, and Uninformed
Methodological Ambiguity in Qualitative Research Projects. Educational Researcher,
Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 687-699.
 Narrative Analysis & Q: Foundations of Qualitative Research in Education.
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=qualitative&pageid=icb.page340896
 Ten Have, P. (1990) Methodological Issues in Conversation Analysis.
http://www.paultenhave.nl/mica.htm