Theory and concepts in qualitative research : perspectives from the field

Flinders, David J., 1955- (Added Author). Mills, Geoffrey E. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0807732907
ISBN: 9780807732908
ISBN: 0807732893
ISBN: 9780807732892
Physical Description: print
xv, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Theory for the moral sciences: crisis of identity and purpose / Thomas A. Schwandt -- The role of theory in qualitative program evaluation / Jennifer C. Greene -- From practice to theory to practice: the roles of theory in research on standardized testing / Sandra Mathison -- The quest for emergent meaning: a personal account / Stephen J. Thornton -- Theory as research guide: a qualitative look at qualitative inquiry / Joyce L. Henstrand -- Levels of abstraction in a case study of educational change / Geoffrey E. Mills -- From theory and concepts to educational connoisseurship / David J. Flinders -- Notes toward theory in biography: working on the Nora Barlow papers / Louis M. Smith.