Educators need to be able to understand the research in their field. This book provides readers with the necessary background information needed for understanding the uses of qualitative research in education. This new edition places qualitative research within current debates about research methods and alternative ways of knowing. Educators, sociologists of education.

Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods (3rd Edition)

Education & Teaching

Biklen, Sari Knopp

Bogdan, Robert C.

Schools & Teaching

Allyn&Bacon

This concise, applied, and very clearly written introduction to qualitative research methods can be used effectively in a semester, or year-long course. The purpose of this introductory-level text is to provide the reader with a background for understanding the uses of qualitative research in education to examine its theoretical and historical underpinnings, and to provide 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.

Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods, Fifth Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Bogdan, Robert

Social Sciences

Pearson

School Work: Gender and the Cultural Construction of Teaching (the series on school reform)

This book examines teaching as a gendered occupation from the perspectives of contemporary women teachers (ascertained through interviews and participant observation in two schools), and historical teachers (whose views are constructed through diaries and letters archived in libraries). Equally important, the book examines meanings about teachers that circulate in the culture through fiction, biography, and talk.

Teachers' College Press

How do you write a good qualitative dissertation? This book offers advice about and examples of the primary tasks and hidden complications in writing a qualitative dissertation. The long process of bringing a dissertation to completion involves making many choices―substantive, organizational, and interpersonal. This guidebook takes you through the process―from the first formulation of the topic and selection of a committee to development of an argument and, finally, preparation for the defense. 
This user-friendly resource contains: 
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<li>First-hand insights and approaches to help students survive the dissertation process.</li>
<li>Help for understanding what makes a good research question. </li>
<li>Observations on the importance of critical feedback from advisors. </li>
<li>Anecdotes illustrating common problems students face.</li>
<li>A guide to negotiating the IRB (Institutional Review Board). </li>
<li>Advice on preparing for and getting through the defense.</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>

A Practical Guide to the Qualitative Dissertation: For Students and Their Advisors in Education, Human Services and Social Science

Casella, Ronnie

Higher & Continuing Education

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