Qualitative Educational Research in Action: Doing and Reflecting

by O'Donoghue,Tom; O'Donoghue,Tom

• ISBN13: 9780415304214
• ISBN10: 0415304210
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134409112
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-04-25
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
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Summary

Qualitative Educational Research in Action: Doing and Reflectingis a collection of ten first-hand accounts by educational researchers of qualitative inquiries they carried out. The subjects are diverse, taking in school restructuring, policy analysis, critical literacy, phenomenology and the student teacher relationship. Each chapter outlines the research question investigated and provides an overview of the project's findings, before going on to describe how each researcher approached the challenges of their particular inquiry.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	vii
The case for students' accounts of qualitative educational research in action	1	(6)
Thomas A. O'Donoghue
Keith F. Punch
Grounded theory illuminates interpersonal relationships: an educator's perspective	7	(19)
Elizabeth Tuettemann
Reflecting on the value and use of the edited topical life history: a research approach	26	(16)
Beverley Ward
Phenomenology: the quest for meaning	42	(28)
Lisa Catherine Ehrich
Methodological framings for a policy trajectory study	70	(27)
Lesley Vidovich
Reflections on a qualitative investigation of critical literacies and the teaching of English	97	(14)
Peter Stewart
Marnie O'Neill
Meaning and method: using metaphors in qualitative research	111	(15)
Helen Wildy
A research narrative: confronting the tensions of methodological struggle	126	(26)
Tania Aspland
Reflections on a social semiotic approach to discourse analysis in educational research	152	(25)
Anne Chapman
The route less travelled: reflections on research for the PhD by publication	177	(22)
Anthony Potts
Index	199