Praise for Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research

"At long last, the rich qualitative research resources of a decade of the Harvard Educational Review are together in one readily accessible volume. Not only will readers have important perspectives from critical social science disciplines, but the many theoretical arguments and case studies are now side by side. The value of Acts of Inquiry is not just as a collection of some of the most thoughtful and biting work of the field, but also as a timesaver for teachers and students. Who hasn't searched frantically for that HER article that addressed exactly the point a student raised in class? As required reading in qualitative methods classes, it will outshine many of the resources now available for its breadth and comprehensiveness."
--Yvonna S. Lincoln , Texas A&M University

About Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research

This comprehensive book from the editors of the Harvard Educational Review examines the nature and uses of qualitative research. 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 from several academic disciplines who examine their own fields' contribution to qualitative research in the past as well as future trends.

The book is divided into six sections reflecting different acts of inquiry in qualitative research:

• habits of thought and work
• ethics and validity
• the relationships of the researcher and the participants
• data collection
• data analysis and interpretations
• the uses of research

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Table of Contents include:

• Knowing Teaching: The Intersection of Research on Teaching and Qualitative Research--Magdalene Lampert
• The Use of Anthropological Methods in Educational Research: Two Perspectives--George Spindler and Lorie Hammond
• When Methods Matter: Qualitative Research Issues in Psychology--Annie Rogers
• Teacher-Researcher Collaboration from Two Perspectives--Polly Ulichny and Wendy Schoener
• Reporting Ethnography to Informants--Reba Page, Yvette Samson, and Michele Crockett
• Reframing Classroom Research: A Lesson from the Private World of Children--Adrienne Alton-Lee, Graham Nuthall and John Patrick
• Lessons from Students on Creating a Chance to Dream--Sonia Nieto
• Validation in Inquiry-Guided Research: The Role of Exemplars in Narrative Studies--Elliot Mishler
• Researching Change and Changing the Researcher--Concha Delgado-Gaitan

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Publishing Information

Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research
Edited by Bárbara M. Brizuela, Julie Pearson Stewart, Romina G. Carrillo, and Jennifer Garvey Berger
HER Reprint Series No. 34
©2000
ISBN 0-916690-36-9 $34.95 SALE PRICE: $19.95 paperback, ORDER
458 pages

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