Qualitative Inquiry in Daily Life

1. Overview of qualitative inquiry and general texts on this topic

A School Story of Qualitative Inquiry

An Analysis of the Story

Qualitative Inquiry Process

The Reality about the Process

Organization of this Book

2. Assumptions we make in doing qualitative inquiry

Some Common Assumptions

An Analysis of Assumptions

Common Questions about Qualitative Inquiry

Some Additional Beliefs and Assumptions Regarding Human Inquiry

3. Keeping a record, writing fieldnotes

Kinds of Fieldnotes

Some Ideas about Record Keeping

Mechanics of Fieldnotes

4. Relationship building to enhance inquiry

An Article-Based Story

Results and Conclusion

An Analysis of KL's Experience

5. Standards and quality in qualitative inquiry

A Self-Critique Story

Transferability

6. Focusing the inquiry

A School's Superintendent's Story

7. Data collection

Gathering Through Observations, Interviews and Documents

An Assistant Principal's Story

General Lessons

Observing Lessons

Interviewing Lessons

Document Review Lessons

8. Data interpretation

A Graduate Student Story

Story Reading Through Analysis, Synthesis and Interpretation

Spradley's Approach to Interpretation

Domain Analysis

9. Sharing and reporting

Sharing through Story Telling

Revisiting Three Stories

An Analysis of Three Stories

Appendix A.1 - A Sample Study from BYU-Public School Partnership

Appendix A.2 - What Have We Learned?

Appendix A.3 - Patterns of Experience

Appendix B.1 - Allowing Space for Not-Knowing: What My Journal Teaches Me, Part 1

Appendix B.2 - Allowing Space for Not-Knowing: What My Journal Teaches Me, Part 2

Appendix B.3 - Allowing Space for Not-Knowing: What My Journal Teaches Me, Part 3

Appendix B.4 - Allowing Space for Not-Knowing: What My Journal Teaches Me, Part 4

Appendix B.5 - Marne's critique of her own study

Appendix C - An Elementary School Example: My Observations of Jimmy

Appendix D - Reflecting on Reflection

Appendix E - A Study of Educational Change in Alberta

Appendix F - Moving Ahead: A Naturalistic Study of Retention Reversal of Five Elementary School Children

Appendix G.1 - An Examination of Teacher Reflection

Appendix G.2 - Themes of Reflection

Appendix H - Spradley's theme synthesis and report writing

Appendix I - Index of Topics

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Keeping a record, writing fieldnotes

A Story An Analysis Kinds of Fieldnotes Example Some Ideas about Record Keeping Mechanics of Fieldnotes Conclusion

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