Part IFrame of Reference; Chapter 1Qualitative Research in Education: A Focus, Robert R.Sherman, Rodman B.Webb; Chapter 2 Qualitative Inquiry in Philosophy and Education: Notes on the Pragmatic Tradition, James M.Giarelli; Part II Methods; Chapter 3 Philosophy of Education as Qualitative Inquiry, James M.Giarelli, J. J.Chambliss; Chapter 4 Our Past and Present: Historical Inquiry in Education, C. H.Edson; Chapter 5 Inside Lives: The Quality of Biography, Jack K.Campbell; Chapter 6 Anthroethnography: A Methodological Consideration, NobuoShimahara; Chapter 7 Educational Ethnography in Britain, PeterWoods; Chapter 8 Putting Life into Educational Research, IvorGoodson, RobWalker; Chapter 9 Education and Grounded Theory1, Sally A.Hutchinson; Chapter 10 Phenomenography: A Research Approach to Investigating Different Understandings of Reality, FerenceMarton; Chapter 11 An Introduction to Curriculum Criticism, Dorene DoerreRoss; Chapter 12 Qualitative Research and the Uses of Literature, MaxineGreene; Chapter 13 Critical Theory and the Politics of Culture and Voice: Rethinking the Discourse of Educational Research, Henry A.GirouxIndex; Index of Names;