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Denzin, Norman K., Ed.; Lincoln, Yvonna, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This book is the third volume of the paperback versions of "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition." This portion of the handbook considers the tasks of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting empirical materials, and comprises the Handbook's Parts IV ("Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials") and V ("The Art and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Focus Groups
Guzzetti, Barbara J.; Young, Josephine Peyton; Gritsavage, Margaret M.; Fyfe, Laurie M.; Hardenbrook, Marie – 2002
Although much United States national media attention and research surveys have publicized the many ways in which gender bias and inequities continue to flourish in education, the research on gender and literacy has not been systematically analyzed or reviewed. This book provides a synthesis of the research studies on gender and literacy for…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism
Lantz, Agneta – 1999
The primary aim of this dissertation is to contribute to an increased understanding of the information utilization process through studying impeding process determinants, information barriers, and how they might be tackled by pedagogical means. The study uses a qualitative approach within the tradition of action research. Case studies were made of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Deutsch, Francine M. – 1999
Noting that details of everyday life contribute to parental equality or inequality, this qualitative study focused on how couples transformed parental roles to create truly equal families. Participating in the study were 88 couples in 4 categories, based on division of parental responsibilities: equal sharers, 60-40 couples, 75-25 couples, and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Employed Parents, Family Life, Fathers
Brizuela, Bárbara M., Ed.; Stewart, Julie Pearson, Ed.; Carrillo, Romina G., Ed.; Berger, Jennifer Garvey, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2000
In this volume, researchers, practitioners, participants, and scholars address the proliferation of methodologies, ethical and disciplinary concerns, and issues of equity and diversity such research raises from a wide variety of viewpoints. "Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research" also presents a broad assortment of articles by authors…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Research Methodology
Topor, Robert S. – 1992
This guide discusses the use of focus groups in marketing research for higher education. It describes the differences between qualitative and quantitative research, and examines when it is appropriate to use focus group research, when it is not, and why. The guide describes a step-by-step approach in how to plan, formulate, moderate, and report…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Facilities, Group Behavior, Group Discussion
Russell, Diana E. H. – 1995
Despite the growing recognition of the prevalence of incest which is challenging traditional views about the family as a safe haven for children, there is a serious paucity of scientific research on incest in South Africa in the new field of family violence. Almost a century after Sigmund Freud dismissed most women's reports of incest…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Child Abuse, Family Violence, Females
Brophy, Jere, Ed.; Pinnegar, Stefinee, Ed. – JAI Press, 2005
This volume is designed to accomplish three primary purposes: (1) illustrate a variety of qualitative methods that researchers have used to study teaching and teacher education; (2) assess the affordances and constraints of these methods and the ways that they focus and shape explorations of teaching; and (3) illuminate representative questions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Ethnography
Merriam, Sharan B. – 1998
This book offers a resource guide for qualitative researchers in education, discussing data collection techniques, data analysis, reporting, and the issues of validity, reliability, and ethics. Part 1 reviews the nature and design of qualitative research; it discusses various types of qualitative research (including case studies), and how to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Brophy, Jere; VanSledright, Bruce – 1997
This book addresses the teaching and learning of history in the elementary grades. The literature review in the first two chapters presents an overview of scholarship in the field and provides a context within which to interpret the research in subsequent chapters. The remainder of the book presents and discusses research on the teaching and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Field Studies, Grade 5, History Instruction
Melko, Matthew – 1998
This book describes a year-long participant-observer case study of the professorship as a profession. Following an introductory chapter, each chapter examines one aspect of the professor's occupation by recounting the specific experiences of the author, a sociology professor at Wright State University (Ohio). Chapter 2 looks at the department as…
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
Bempechat, Janine – 1998
Focusing on the factors that contribute to success in school, this book provides a vital resource for parents, psychologists and educators. A 6-year study that closely followed high-achieving poor and minority students is described. More than 1,000 fifth and sixth grade students in public and private schools took part in the study. This book…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, High Risk Students
McMillan, James H. – 1996
This book is intended for a one-semester or one-term course in educational research. It is designed to enable students to become intelligent consumers of educational research and to introduce its basic principles to those who eventually may be involved in research in their work. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction to Research in Education"; (2)…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Research, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Hess, G. Alfred, Jr., Ed. – 1992
Elmore (1990) has presented two contrasting models of school restructuring, each with different views about who is empowered--teachers or parents. This book examines what happens when schools and school districts attempt to implement either of these models. Following the introduction, "Examining School Restructuring Efforts," by G.…
Descriptors: Educational Anthropology, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
Cave, Martin; And Others – 1991
This book is an updated account of the present use and status of performance indicators in British higher education set against the developing literature and experience of performance indicators in the United States and other countries and in view of the major shifts in higher education policy occurring in recent years. Chapter One explores key…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods