Doing Qualitative Research in Education Settings

✍ Scribed by J. Amos Hatch

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 312
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A step-by-step guide to qualitative research in the field of education.

✦ Table of Contents

DOING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION SETTINGS......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
1. Deciding to Do a Qualitative Study......Page 14
FOUNDATIONS......Page 16
CHARACTERISTICS......Page 19
RESEARCH PARADIGMS......Page 24
KINDS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH......Page 33
CRITERIA FOR DECIDING TO DO A QUALITATIVE STUDY......Page 47
2. Designing Qualitative Studies......Page 50
DESIGN ELEMENTS......Page 51
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW......Page 73
ETHICS......Page 78
CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING DESIGN ADEQUACY......Page 82
3. Collecting Qualitative Data......Page 84
OBSERVING......Page 85
INTERVIEWING......Page 104
COLLECTING UNOBTRUSIVE DATA......Page 129
COLLECTING OTHER TYPES OF DATA......Page 138
CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING DATA COLLECTION ADEQUACY......Page 156
4. Analyzing Qualitative Data......Page 160
DOING QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS......Page 163
TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS......Page 165
INDUCTIVE ANALYSIS......Page 174
INTERPRETIVE ANALYSIS......Page 192
POLITICAL ANALYSIS......Page 204
POLYVOCAL ANALYSIS......Page 214
COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS......Page 220
CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING DATA ANALYSIS ADEQUACY......Page 222
WRITING PROCESSES......Page 224
DISSERTATION ISSUES......Page 233
WRITING UP FINDINGS FROM DATA ANALYSIS......Page 237
TIPS FOR PUBLISHING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH......Page 251
CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE ADEQUACY OF QUALITATIVE REPORTS......Page 257
APPENDIX A: Selected Internet Resources......Page 260
APPENDIX B: Protocol Excerpt......Page 264
APPENDIX C: Research Journal Entry......Page 270
APPENDIX D: Teacher Interview Transcript......Page 272
APPENDIX E: Master Outline for Dissertation Findings......Page 286
REFERENCES......Page 288
D......Page 304
H......Page 305
P......Page 306
W......Page 307
Z......Page 308
D......Page 310
P......Page 311
W......Page 312