Qualitative research for education : an introduction to theories and methods / Robert C. Bogdan, Sari Knopp Biklen.

By: Bogdan, Robert [author]
Contributor(s): Biklen, Sari Knopp [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : Pearson, 2007Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780205512256; 0205482937Subject(s): Education -- Research | Education -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 370.72 LOC classification: LB1028 | .B56 2007
Contents:
Foundations of Qualitative Research for Education: Characteristics of qualitative research -- Traditions of qualitative research -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Eleven common questions about qualitative research -- Ethics -- What is to come -- Research Design: Choosing a study -- Case studies -- Multisite studies -- Additional Issues Related to Design -- Concluding Remarks -- Fieldwork: Gaining access -- First days in the field -- The participant/observer continuum -- Doing fieldwork in another culture -- Researching characteristics and special problems with rapport -- Be discreet -- Researching in politically charged and conflict-ridden settings -- Feelings -- Interviewing -- Visual recording and fieldwork -- Triangulation -- Leaving the field -- Qualitative Data: Some friendly advice -- Fieldnotes -- The process of writing the fieldnotes -- Transcripts from taped interviews -- Documents -- Photography -- Official statistics and other qualitative data -- Concluding remarks -- Data Analysis and Interpretation: Analysis and interpretation in the field -- Analysis and interpretation after data collection -- The mechanics of working with data -- Computers and data analysis -- Interpretation -- Concluding remarks -- Writing It Up: Writing choices -- More writing tips -- Criteria for evaluating writing -- Texts -- A final point about getting started -- Applied Qualitative Research for Education: Evaluation and policy research -- Action research -- Practitioner uses of qualitative research -- A: Examples of Observational Questions for Educational Settings -- B: Example of Fieldnotes.
Summary: "This introductory-level text provides the reader with a background for understanding the uses of qualitative research in education (and other professions) examining its theoretical and historical underpinnings, and providing the "how-to's" of doing qualitative research. This new edition places qualitative research within current debates about research methods and alternative ways of knowing. While the authors approach the subject from a sociological perspective, they also take care to reflect the many changes in conceptualization of qualitative research brought by post-structural and feminist thought.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-295) and index.

Foundations of Qualitative Research for Education: Characteristics of qualitative research --
Traditions of qualitative research --
Theoretical underpinnings --
Eleven common questions about qualitative research --
Ethics --
What is to come --
Research Design: Choosing a study --
Case studies --
Multisite studies --
Additional Issues Related to Design --
Concluding Remarks --
Fieldwork: Gaining access --
First days in the field --
The participant/observer continuum --
Doing fieldwork in another culture --
Researching characteristics and special problems with rapport --
Be discreet --
Researching in politically charged and conflict-ridden settings --
Feelings --
Interviewing --
Visual recording and fieldwork --
Triangulation --
Leaving the field --
Qualitative Data: Some friendly advice --
Fieldnotes --
The process of writing the fieldnotes --
Transcripts from taped interviews --
Documents --
Photography --
Official statistics and other qualitative data --
Concluding remarks --
Data Analysis and Interpretation: Analysis and interpretation in the field --
Analysis and interpretation after data collection --
The mechanics of working with data --
Computers and data analysis --
Interpretation --
Concluding remarks --
Writing It Up: Writing choices --
More writing tips --
Criteria for evaluating writing --
Texts --
A final point about getting started --
Applied Qualitative Research for Education: Evaluation and policy research --
Action research --
Practitioner uses of qualitative research --
A: Examples of Observational Questions for Educational Settings --
B: Example of Fieldnotes.

"This introductory-level text provides the reader with a background for understanding the uses of qualitative research in education (and other professions) examining its theoretical and historical underpinnings, and providing the "how-to's" of doing qualitative research. This new edition places qualitative research within current debates about research methods and alternative ways of knowing. While the authors approach the subject from a sociological perspective, they also take care to reflect the many changes in conceptualization of qualitative research brought by post-structural and feminist thought.

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