Hi all,
I’m hitting the final run of my PhD and gearing up for dissertation writing. It’s been a transformative experience, and I am so grateful for all I have learned and accomplished during these years.
However, I am starting to lose heart for education and teaching in school/institutional settings. Not only do I seriously doubt I will land a tenure-track position at a location I wish to live, I’m not sure I really want to even I did.
I started my PhD (Curriculum & Instruction) wanting to use mixed methods. However, I have gravitated towards post qualitative inquiry over the past year and a half. While I sincerely believe in the philosophy behind post qualitative inquiry, I definitely recognize that it will struggle to fit into capitalistic ventures.
Anyone use post qual and go into industry positions? Any advice (from anyone) on how to navigate the non-academic job market when the methods I’m using for my dissertation are very-much not quantitative and only somewhat qualitative in nature?
Note – I’d rather not go into public school administration. I also won’t have an admin certificate, so many school districts in my area won’t even consider me.