Foundations for Research: Methods of Inquiry in Education and the Social Sciences (Inquiry and Pedagogy Across Diverse Contexts Series)

449 Pages·2003·3.31 MB·English

by  Kathleen B. deMarrais

Foundations Research
for
Methods of Inquiry in Education and the Social Sciences
Edited by
Kathleen deMarrais
Stephen D. Lapan
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Foundations for Research
Methods of Inquiry in Education
and the Social Sciences
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INQUIRYANDPEDAGOGYACROSSDIVERSECONTEXTS
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Foundations for Research
Methods of Inquiry in Education
and the Social Sciences
Editedby
Kathleen deMarrais
University of Georgia
Stephen D. Lapan
Northern Arizona University
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Contents
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
KathleendeMarraisandStephenD.Lapan
2 Being Vulnerable and Being Ethical With/in Research 13
KitTisdale
3 Historical Research 31
KateRousmaniere
4 Qualitative Interview Studies: Learning
Through Experience 51
KathleendeMarrais
5 Owning Significance: The Critical Incident Technique
in Research 69
DanielL.Kain
6 Focus Groups: More Than a Method
of Qualitative Inquiry 87
PamelaB.Kleiber
7 Exploring Life and Experience Through
Narrative Inquiry 103
MaryKayKramp
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8 Enjoining Positionality and Power in Narrative Work:
Balancing Contentious and Modulating Forces 123
JuanitaJohnson-Bailey
9 Ethnomethodological and Conversation
Analytic Studies 139
KathrynJ.Roulston
10 Fieldwork Traditions: Ethnography and
Participant Observation 161
JudithPreissleandLindaGrant
11 Reinscribing Critique in Educational Ethnography:
Critical and Postcritical Ethnography 181
GeorgeW.Noblit
12 Critical Inquiry in Qualitative Research: Feminist and
Poststructural Perspectives: Science “After Truth” 203
PattiLather
13 Case Study Research 217
PatriciaA.Hays
14 Evaluation Studies 235
StephenD.Lapan
15 Participatory Evaluation 249
GilaGaraway
16 Multimethods Research 267
PaulA.Schutz,CourtneyB.Chambless,andJessicaT.DeCuir
17 Survey Research 283
SusanR.Hutchinson
18 Single-Subject Experimental Research: An Overview
for Practitioners 303
KarenA.Sealander
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CONTENTS ix
19 Experimental Research to Inform Educational Policy 329
LawrenceH.CrossandGabriellaM.Belli
20 Using Multiple Methodologies: The Case of Retention
in Chicago 353
ErnestR.House
References 371
Author Index 411
Subject Index 421
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