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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
DEDICATION
TABLES, FIGURES, AND EXHIBITS
Tables
Figures
Exhibits
PREFACE
To the Instructor
To the Student
Acknowledgments
A Tour of This Text
THE EDITORS
THE CONTRIBUTORS
PART ONE: A QUALITATIVE FRAME OF MIND
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Disciplined Inquiry
Historical Roots of Qualitative Research
A Word About Method and Methodology
Overview of the Text
Preview of the Chapters
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 2 ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Key Ideas
Ethical Dilemmas in Research
Guidance for the Ethical Conduct of Research
Ethical Principles
Ethical Norms for Research
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 3 GROUNDED THEORY
Key Ideas
Doing Grounded Theory Research
Memo Writing
Theoretical Sampling and Saturation
Theoretical Sensitivity and Using the Literature
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY, METHODS, AND TOOLS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Research Methodology
Making Methodological Decisions
Research Methods
Data Analysis
Summary
Key Terms
PART TWO: DRAWING ON THE DISCIPLINES
CHAPTER 5 BIOGRAPHY AND LIFE STORY RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Historical and Theoretical Background
Contemporary Biography and Life Story Research Design
Data Collection Instruments and Analytic Approaches
The Meaning of Reliability and Validity
Dissemination of Findings
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 6 MYSTERY SOLVED: DETECTIVE SKILLS AND THE HISTORIAN’S CRAFT
Key Ideas
The What: What We Are Trying to Understand
The When: The Historical Context of an Earlier Era
The Where: The Foci of Historical Studies
The Who: Historical Actors
The How: The Evidence Behind Historical Research
The Why: Historical Interpretation and Analysis
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 7 ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Key Ideas
What Is Ethnographic Research?
How Does an Ethnographer Start?
What Do Ethnographers Do?
What Do Ethnographers Do with Their Data?
What Does Ethnographic Writing Look Like?
How Do We Know an Ethnography Is Good?
What’s the State of Ethnography Today?
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 8 TREKKING THROUGH AUTOETHNOGRAPHY
Key Ideas
Walking a Fine Line: Tony’s Introduction
Hiking into “Two Men’s” Land: Carolyn’s Introduction
Teaching By Fire: Together, Talking About Autoethnography
Doing Autoethnography: Continuing the Conversation
Writing Autoethnography
Autoethnographic Forms
Benefits of Autoethnography
Critical Responses to Autoethnography
Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk
Summary
Key Terms
PART THREE: INTEGRATING THE DISCIPLINES
CHAPTER 9 NARRATIVE INQUIRY: STORIES LIVED, STORIES TOLD
Key Ideas
Narrative Inquiry: Introduction
Narrative Inquiry: Critical Event Approach
Narrative Inquiry: Qualitative Research Methodology
Narrative Inquiry: Genres
Narrative Inquiry: Responses to Critique
Narrative Inquiry: How to Begin
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 10 CASE STUDY RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Characteristics of a Case Study
Planning Case Study Research
Implementing Case Study Research
Case Study Reports
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 11 ARTS-BASED RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Background of Arts-Based Research
Purposes of Arts-Based Research Studies
Planning and Conducting Arts-Based Research Studies
Example Studies
Learning from Arts-Based Studies
Trusting Arts-Based Studies
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 12 PRACTITIONER ACTION RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Historical Perspective
Research and Professional Practice
Practitioner Research in Action: Two Scenarios
Characteristics of Practitioner Research
Practitioner Research Designs
Engaging in Practitioner Research
Trusting Practitioner Research Results
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 13 PROGRAM EVALUATION
Key Ideas
What Is Evaluation?
Evaluation Approaches
Guiding Principles for Evaluators
Evaluation Design
Believing Evaluation Findings
Evaluation Use
Summary
Key Terms
PART FOUR: EMANCIPATORY DISCOURSES
CHAPTER 14 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EVALUATION SYSTEM
Key Ideas
Culture and Race
Culturally Responsive Evaluation
Logic Models
African American Culturally Responsive Evaluation System for Academic Settings
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 15 WHAT MAKES CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY “CRITICAL”?
Key Ideas
Beginning to Understand Critical Ethnography
Theoretical and Historical Foundations of Critical Ethnography
Defining Elements of Critical Ethnography
Doing Critical Ethnography
Critiques of Critical Ethnography
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 16 FEMINIST RESEARCH
Key Ideas
Historical Roots of Feminist Research
Guiding Principles of Feminist Research
Feminist Approaches
Trusting Feminist Reports
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 17 RECLAIMING SCHOLARSHIP: CRITICAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Key Ideas
Colonization and the Call for (Re)Claiming an Indigenous Intellectual Life and Thought-World
Epistemological, Ontological, and Axiological Considerations in Research
What Is a Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies Framework?
What Makes the “Critical” Critical?
Where Do We Go from Here? Moving Forward and the Reclamation of Voice
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 18 DEMOCRATIZING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Key Ideas
The Denver Study
Deliberative Democratic Research
Summary
Key Terms
REFERENCES
Index
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