Research Catalog

Title

The enlightened eye : qualitative inquiry and the enhancement of educational practice / Elliot W. Eisner.

Author

Eisner, Elliot W.

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill, ©1998.

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Details

Description

viii, 264 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This is an important new resource in qualitative research methods and educational research. This benchmark work gives readers a solid understanding of qualitative research and evaluation, and its great promise for evaluating and guiding educational practice. It demonstrates how the same methods used by critics in the arts and humanities, such as observing performance qualities, setting, and interaction patterns, also applies to the classroom practice. Excellent examples are provided to show what this type of research looks like, and how it can be applied to the evaluation of teaching, learning, and the overall school environment.

Subject

• Education > Research
• Teaching
• Teaching
• teaching

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1. Qualitative Thought and Human Understanding -- Ch. 2. What Makes a Study Qualitative? -- Ch. 3. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Qualitative Research and Evaluation -- Ch. 4. Educational Connoisseurship -- Ch. 5. Educational Criticism -- Ch. 6. Validity in Educational Criticism -- Ch. 7. A Closer Look at Educational Criticism -- Ch. 8. The Meaning of Method in Qualitative Inquiry -- Ch. 9. Do Qualitative Case Studies Have Lessons to Teach? -- Ch. 10. Ethical Tensions, Controversies, and Dilemmas in Qualitative Research -- Ch. 11. Looking Ahead: Preparing Qualitative Researchers.

ISBN

• 0135314194
• 9780135314197

LCCN

97018987

OCLC

• ocm36817262
• 36817262
• SCSB-8901579

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library