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Direct linkPawluch, Dorothy, Ed.; Shaffir, William, Ed.; Miall, Charlene E., Ed. – Canadian Scholars' Press Inc, 2005
This original contributed book will become an essential text for those teaching Ethnography, Research Methods (qualitative emphasis), applied sociology, and related subjects across Canada. Chapters in the first section of this volume consider the merits of qualitative research, profile interviewing strategies, and discuss the relationship to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Life, Research Methodology, Ethnography
Fink, Dean – 2000
Throughout the Western world, there appears to be a consensus that schools have failed to prepare children for the challenges of the emerging information age. Many high schools that start out as innovative or "break-the-mold" lose their momentum and experience an "attrition of change." They end up becoming like any other…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, High Schools
National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO), Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
Giving a human face to the wealth of statistical information on literacy problems in Canada, a qualitative study investigated the experiences and views of socially and educationally disadvantaged people in Canada. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 105 persons with low literacy skills from every province and territory in Canada. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Literacy
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1996
This volume contains 10 papers on higher education theory and research. "Variation Among Academic Disciplines: Analytical Frameworks and Research" (John M. Braxton and Lowell L. Hargens) reviews work on disciplinary differences and proposed conceptual schemes for explaining these differences. "Public Policy and Public Trust: The Use…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
