The Beginner's Guide to Doing Qualitative Research: How to Get into the Field, Collect Data, and Write Up Your Project
''If you have an interest in research, Erin Horvat's new book focusing on qualitative methods is both informative and a joy to read. Whether you are a student of qualitative methods doing ethnographic research projects, a preservice teacher observing in classrooms, or a teacher wanting to conduct studies in your own classrooms, you'll love this comprehensive and detailed field guide for doing ethnography, including the wonderful examples of 'ethnographic journeys' from Erin's students who illustrate the process of creating research projects.'' --Carolyn Frank, Professor, Charter College of Education at California State University, Los Angeles and Director of the Los Angeles Writing Project.''For those of you about to take a hike into qualitative-land, be sure to carry along a copy of this text written by Horvat and her students. The volume is outstanding honest, useful, provocative, funny, self-effacing, extremely smart, and fundamentally accessible. An intellectual beta-blocker for the anxious novice researcher.'' --Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women's Studies, and Urban Education, the Graduate Center, CUNY