Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction

Introduction: A Sense of Things to Come. 1. Meeting Qualitative Inquiry. 2. Prestudy Tasks: Doing What Is Good for You. 3. Being There: Developing Understanding Through Participant Observation. 4. Making Words Fly: Developing Understanding Through Interviewing. 5. Personal Dimensions: Field Relations and Reflexivity. 6. But Is It Ethical? Considering What's Right. 7. Finding Your Story: Data Analysis. 8. Crafting Your Story: Writing Up Qualitative Data. 9. Improvising a Song of the World: Language and Representation. 10. The Continuing Search. Glossary of Key Terms. Appendix: Guide for Developing a Qualitative Research Proposal. References. Name Index. Subject Index.