Qualitative Dissertation - A Guide for Students and Faculty

In this comprehensive look at the entire qualitative dissertation process, the authors describe each step involved in crafting a qualitative study, and provide helpful advice on getting through the rough spots and pressure points involved.Table of ContentList of Exemplars and Case Studies Preface About the Author 1. Cycles of Deliberation 2. Facing the Dissertation 3. Moving Into the Dissertation 4. Crafting the Dissertation Proposal: Part 1 5. Crafting the Dissertation Proposal: Part 2 6. Proposing the Study 7. Living with the Study: Generating Knowledge Through Portrayals 8. Living with the Study: Getting to Portrayals 9. Entering Into Public Discourse: The Dissertation Meeting 10. Life After Dissertation Afterword Think Pieces References IndexReview Quote"A must for faculty and students interested in understanding the multifarious nature of qualitative research."Review Quote"Piantanida and Garman have artfully portrayed the inquiry process, demystifying qualitative research and making it accessible to classroom teachers who wish to understand their practice and/or their professional lives through a qualitative lens."Review Quote"An invaluable text that can be referenced again and again. Helps allay the isolation and anxiety that many practitioners experience in their roles as doctoral students."Biographical NoteMaria Piantanida is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Edu¬cation at the University of Pittsburgh and Carlow University. As a curriculum consultant, she has worked with a variety of programs for health and human services professionals. For her efforts to catalyze research among hospital-based educators, she re¬ceived the 1989 Distinguished Author Award and the 1987 Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society for Healthcare Education and Training. In 2007 she received the Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award from Carlow University. Noreen B. Garman is a professor in the Administrative and Policy Studies Department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Previously she directed the University′s Institute for International Studies in Education and the Social and Comparative Analysis in Education Program. A former high school English teacher and recent Fulbright scholar, Garman has published journal articles and chapters in the fields of clinical supervision, curriculum studies, and qualitative research. From 1994 to 1997, she directed programs for teacher education planning and development in Bosnia and Her¬zegovina. She has served on more than 70 dissertation committees during her career, and in 1994, she received an award from the American Educational Research Association, "For Mentoring Women and Activism in Women′s Issues." In 2007 she received the Provost′s Award for Excellence in Mentoring.