1st Edition

Early Childhood Qualitative Research

Edited By J. Amos Hatch Copyright 2007
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

How can qualitative researchers make the case for the value of their work in a climate that emphasizes so-called "scientifically-based research?" What is the future of qualitative research when such approaches do not meet the narrow criteria being raised as the standard? In this timely collection, editor J. Amos Hatch and contributors argue that the best argument for the efficacy of qualitative... Read more
Introduction, J. Amos Hatch; Chapter 1 Back to Modernity?, J. Amos Hatch; Part I Qualitative Methodologies in Early Childhood Settings; Chapter 2 Hermeneutic Text Analysis of Play, Stuart Reifel; Chapter 3 Using Digital Video in Field-Based Research With Children, Daniel J. Walsh, Nesrin Bakir, Tony Byungho Lee, Ya-Hui Chung, Kayoun Chung, Colleagues; Chapter 4 The Potential of Focus Groups to Inform Early Childhood Policy and Practice, Sharon Ryan, Carrie Lobman; Chapter 5 Wanderings, Janice A. Jipson; Chapter 6 Action Research in Early Childhood Contexts, Frances O'Connell Rust; Chapter 7 Critical Pedagogy and Qualitative Inquiry, Elizabeth P. Quintero; Part II Issues in Early Childhood Qualitative Research; Chapter 8 Surviving a Methodological Crisis, Lisa S. Goldstein; Chapter 9 Never Certain, Susan Grieshaber; Chapter 10 Researching With Children, Glenda MacNaughton, Kylie Smith, Karina Davis; Chapter 11 Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts, Beth Blue Swadener, Kagendo Mutua; Chapter 12 Who Chooses What Research Methodology?, Jeanette Rhedding-Jones; Chapter 13 Assessing the Quality of Early Childhood Qualitative Research, J. Amos Hatch;

Biography

Amos Hatch is Professor of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.