Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and MethodsOffers guidance as to how to conduct qualitative research in educational settings. As the authors define it, qualitative research is naturalistic (using actual settings as the direct source of data), descriptive, inductive, and concerned with process and participant perspectives. After an introducti |
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Characteristics of Qualitative Research | 4 |
Theoretical Underpinnings | 22 |
Ten Common Questions about Qualitative Research | 32 |
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