Qualitative educational research in action : doing and reflecting / edited by Tom O'Donoghue and Keith Punch

Includes bibliographical references and index

The case for students' accounts of qualitative educational research in action /Thomas A. O'Donoghue and Keith F. Punch -- Grounded theory illuminates interpersonal relationships: an educator's perspective /Elizabeth Tuettemann -- Reflecting on the value and use of the edited topical life history: a research approach /Beverly Ward -- Phenomenology: the quest for meaning /Lisa Catherine Ehrich -- Methodological framings for a policy trajectory study /Lesley Vidovich -- Reflections on a qualitative investigation of critical literacies and the teaching of English /Peter Stewart and Marnie O'Neill -- Meaning and method: using metaphors in qualitative research /Helen Wildy -- A research narrative: confronting the tensions of methodological struggle /Tania Aspland -- Reflections on a social semiotic approach to discourse analysis in educational research /Anne Chapman -- The route less travelled: reflections on research for the PhD by publication /Anthony Potts

Qualitative research is a key form of research in education; the findings of such projects frequently play a central role in shaping policy and practice. First time qualitative researchers require clear and practical guidance from the outset. However, given the diversity of both subject matter and methodological approaches encompassed by qualitative research, such guidance is not always easily come by