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Locke, Terry; Riley, David – Educational Action Research, 2009
In "The Educational Imagination," Elliot Eisner presents a theory of educational criticism and a form of qualitative research in education. Central to his theory is the notion of the connoisseur, a particular kind of observer who, on the basis of certain qualities, can be trusted to write an incisive and illuminating account of an…
Descriptors: Criticism, Theories, Qualitative Research, Educational Research
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1980
By classifying questions asked into categories of form, content, and affect, this analysis interprets Alan Purves' 1979 reanalysis of student responses to literature in a 1973 study. Notes that students emphasized form when viewing literature in the abstract, but that they looked at individual stories in terms of content and affect. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Critical Reading, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism