Cover -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I - Qualitative Research Approaches -- Chapter 1 - Reading Ethnography -- Chapter 2 - Reading Grounded Theory -- Chapter 3 - Reading Phenomenology -- Chapter 4 - Reading Case Studies -- Chapter 5 - Reading Action Research -- Chapter 6 - Reading Narrative -- Chapter 7 - Reading Mixed Methods -- Part II - Issues at the Forefront of the Qualitative Research Field -- Chapter 8 - Clarifying Research Approaches -- Chapter 9 - Qualitative Research in the New Millennium -- Chapter 10 - Standards for Evaluating Qualitative Research -- Chapter 11 - Review Boards, Research Ethics, and Academic Freedom -- Chapter 12 - Writing Up Results -- Chapter 13 - Reflexivity -- Chapter 14 - Negotiating Through Graduate School -- Epilogue: Reading, Writing, and Thinking About Qualitative Research -- Index -- About the Author.
Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Educational Research uses published research articles to teach students how to understand and evaluate qualitative research in education.