Qualitative Inquiry in Education: The Continuing Debate

Part 1 Subjectivity and objectivity: subjectivity and objectivity - an objective inquiry, D.C. Phillips is naturalism a move away from positivism? materialist and feminist approaches to subjectivity in ethnographic research, Leslie G. Roman, Michael W. Apple commentary on the papers by Phillips and by Roman and Apple - subjectivity and objectivity, Egon G. Guba response to the commentary by Guba, D.C. Phillips. Part 2 Validity: on daffodils that come before the swallow dares, Madeleine R. Grumet on seeking - and rejecting - validity in qualitative research, Harry F. Wolcott commentray on the papers by Grumet and by Wolcott - looking for trouble - on the place of the ordinary in educational studies, Philip Jackson response to the commentary by Jackson, Madeleine R. Grumet. Part 3 Generalizability: generalizability and the single-case study, Robert Donmoyer increasingly the generalizability of qualitative research, Janet Ward Schofield commentary on the papers by Donmoyer and by Schofield - generalizing from case studies, Howard S. Becker. Part 4 Ethics: the ethics of qualitative research, Jonas F. Soltis ethics in qualitative field research - an individual perspective, Louis M. Smith commentary on the papers by Soltis and by Smith - toward a categorical imperative for qualitative research, Yvonna S. Lincoln response to the commentary by Lincoln, Jonas F. Soltis. Part 5 Uses of qualitative inquiry: using the narrative text as an occasion for conspiracy, Thomas E. Barone what can you learn from applesauce - a case of qualitative inquiry in use, Christopher M. Clark commentary on the papers by Barone and by Clark - animadversions and reflections on the uses of qualitative inquiry, Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman response to the commentary by Miles and Huberman, Thomas E. Barone. Part 6 Closing comments on a continuing debate, Elliot W. Eisner, Alan Peshkin.