Coding Scholar of Change Video 1
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Author: Kastina Hayes Date: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:13:42 AM EDT Subject: RE: Discussion 1 – Week 5Main Question Post.
Battling drug addiction in the heartland
I chose the scholar of change video #2 from Week 2. Jackie Kundert discussed the loss of her son to a drug overdose. Jackie Kundert is a mother and a nurse. Her son was addicted to prescribed pain medication, which turned into a heroine addiction. Jackie’s son overdosed on heroine. Jackie wanted to make a positive impact. Jackie started an organization called F.A.I.T.H. that stands for Fighting Addiction It Takes Help. An unnamed women also gave a testimony. She was an adoptive mother whose son overdosed on heroine as well. Her son started using drugs for recreational purposes, then moved on to cocaine, then to heroine.
Code Words
Saldana (2016) defined a code as a word or a short phrase that describes language-based or visual data. However, Rubin and Rubin (2012) gave a better explanation for coding as a way to simplify the retrieval of information given on a topic. Codes are used as identifying features in which we look for patterns and similarities in features, order of presentation, context, and meaning (Laureate Education [Producer], 2016). Codes can be used for a variety of situations, including transcripts of videos, interviews, observations of field experiences, and photos (Laureate Education [Producer], 2016 (Coding Scholar of Change)).
Code words are supposed to describe the participant and the feelings of the participant. Code words do not describe whomever the participant may be talking about. Therefore, a code word from the video I chose is “pain.” Jackie stated “This issue touches me greatly, as I have a son who got caught up in the cycle.” The pain and hurt can be heard in her voice. Another code word from the video is “hope.” Jackie also stated “In June 2015, I started an organization called F.A.I.T.H., which stands for Fighting Addiction It Takes Help. I believe it takes help, not only from the addict but also their family as well as the community.”
Discuss
A descriptive code summarizes the primary topic (Saldana, 2016). The primary topic from the scholar of change video I selected is drug abuse. Therefore, a descriptive code for this topic is substance progression. For instance, the following quote was taken from my Field Notes: “Her son was addicted to prescribed pain medication, which turned into a heroine addiction.” Another quote from an unnamed women from the same video was: “Her son started using drugs for recreational purposes, then moved on to cocaine, then to heroine.” I chose this code name because both of the testimonies began with the sons using one drug and it gradually progressed to another drug, leading up to death by overdose. Therefore, “substance progression” seemed like a perfect fit.
Reflection/Questions
I understand the purpose of coding. It makes sense that the process of coding helps to see similarities from different sources. Laureate Education [Producer] (2016) mentioned computer assisted qualitative data analysis software. Though the disadvantage of this is the learning curve in which you would have to learn how to code, transcribe, and learn the software, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Once you know how to use the software, I feel like the important process of coding would be so much easier and better maintainable.
References
Laureate Education (Producer). (2016). Introduction to coding [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Rubin, H. J., Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data, 3rd Edition. [MBS Direct]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/97814522…
Saldana, J. (2016). The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, 3rd Edition. [MBS Direct]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/97814739…
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Video
I chose the scholar of change video by Dr. Susan. The video defines an interview from graduate students of their experiences with social change and their interpretation of social change (Laureate Education, 2016). One of the participants describes the work that she has been doing before joining Walden University. The participant also explains why she went ahead to get her degree. She holds that she identified a problem that will impact the future although the school head rejects her program. Based on the issue she recognizes she commits to helping the community describing that the children in the community will hold the future of the community. In other words, the participant is dedicated to helping the children because of the community.
Code words
The code is one of the ways of analyzing qualitative data. According to Laureate Education (Producer) (2016), Dr. Susan emphasizes the need to analyze the data as a process of coding. The benefit of coding and the process of coding is not standard. Saldana (2016) defines that code is a word or a short phrase that represent a portion of language-based or visual data. The data used in the video is interview transcripts excerpts from Dr. Susan Video…
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