In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in qualitative forms of inquiry within the world of education. This has generated a range of publications that signal the intensity of the debate about the nature of qualitative research, the most appropriate ways of conducting it, the problems of data analysis, and the dilemmas of representing the oucomes of inquiry. This book is firmly located within that debate and aims to raise issues that may be of interest to those who are thinking about starting, or already are engaged in, qualitative research. With references.