Using lively examples and friendly tips gleaned from his own and other researchers' experiences, and a warm, reflective writing style, Harry F Wolcott offers readers suggestions for writing up qualitative research.
Challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw not only on the traditional precepts of science, but also on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data.
Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies, offering important suggestions on improving and deepening research practices for both novice and expert researchers.
Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies, offering important suggestions on improving and deepening research practices for both novice and expert researchers.
Uses a microenthnographic approach to analyze a single occupation within urban American society. This book applies anthropological concepts and methodology to the realm of education.
Looks at the dynamics of a federally funded research and development project. This book analyzes what happened when university researchers and school district administrators attempted to introduce an experimental planning and evaluation system in an operating school district.
Deals with the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village. This book looks into the educational training of Indian children.
A primer on constructing an ethnographic study offered by one of the masters of the genre.
A primer on constructing an ethnographic study offered by one of the masters of the genre.