Understanding the Learning Experience among Family Members of Cancer Survivors from a Heuristic Approach
This study explored and provided insight into the learning experience among family members of cancer survivors. Qualitative approach specifically, Heuristic Inquiry was employed as the researcher had the direct experience in this phenomenon. She used her own' lens' to understand her own...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9404/1/FPP_2008_31.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study explored and provided insight into the learning experience among
family members of cancer survivors. Qualitative approach specifically,
Heuristic Inquiry was employed as the researcher had the direct experience in
this phenomenon. She used her own' lens' to understand her own learning
experience and by sharing people's stories that have the same lived
experience helped to understand as fully as possible the learning experience
among family members of cancer survivors. The study was guided by five
research questions: 1) 'What are the learning experience of the participants? 2)
How do the participants learn? 3) How is learning facilitated by critical
reflection? 4) How does learning lead to self-transformation? 5) What are the
stages of self-transformation? The researcher herself went through a process of internal search in which she
reflected on her experience and discovered the meaning of the learning
experience and developed ways to interpret them. Data were supported by ten
selected participants based on the criteria: 1) The participants should be the
immediate family member of a cancer survivor who has 5 years survivorship;
2) The participants should have been entrusted in providing care to the cancer
survivor during the survivorship; 3) The participants have gone through self-transformation.
The ten participants were interviewed in this study. The
interviews were in English. Each interview lasted between an hour to about
two hours, were taped recorded, transcribed verbatim and analyzed manually.
Additionally, non-participant observation took place at a hospital. Besides that,
the sharing with four other cancer survivors was also carried out. Ethical
issues were addressed. The trustworthiness of the study was ensured through
triangulation, namely member check, peer examination and a documentation
of an audit trail. |
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