Qualitative Educational Research in Developing Countries: Current Perspectives

by Crossley; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780815314943
• ISBN10: 0815314949
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of 11 original in-depth accounts of qualitative research and evaluation in developing countries argues that such innovative methods offer considerable advantages over traditional methods. With examples drawn from Asia, Africa, the South Pacific, Central America and the Caribbean, each chapter focuses upon a specific method-such as qualitative interviews, fieldwork or document analysis-and considers related theoretical and practical issues. Key issues addressed include the identification of appropriate research questions; access; research ethics; practitioner research; case study evaluation; North-South collaboration and the potential of qualitative research for policy-making and theory.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Qualitative Research in Developing Countries: Issues and Experience	p. 1
Integrating Paradigms in Educational Research: Issues of Quantity and Quality in Poor Countries	p. 31
Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-Making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries	p. 65
The Importance of Fieldwork: Anthropology and Education in Papua New Guinea	p. 87
Using Documents for Qualitative Educational Research in Africa	p. 113
Interviews and the Study of School Management: An International Perspective	p. 133
Improving Our Practice: Collaborative Classroom Action Research in Lesotho	p. 161
Dilemmas of Insider Research in a Small-Country Setting: Tertiary Education in St. Lucia	p. 199
Planning for Case-Study Evaluation in Belize, Central America	p. 221
Implementing Qualitative Research in Pakistan: International Teamwork	p. 245
North-South Collaboration in Educational Research: Reflections on Indian Experience	p. 265
Contributors	p. 295
Author Index	p. 301
Subject Index	p. 307
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