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• Title:The qualitative dissertation : a guide for students and faculty / Maria Piantanida, Noreen B. Garman ; foreword by Frances Schoonmaker.
  
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• Author/Creator:Piantanida, Maria.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Garman, Noreen B.
  
• Published/Created:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2009.
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at EDUCATION LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB2369 .P48 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Dissertations, Academic.
  Research--Methodology.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxiv, 301 p. ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-298) and index.
  
• ISBN:1412951089 (paper)
  9781412951081 (paper)
  1412951070 (cloth)
  9781412951074 (cloth)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Frances Schoonmaker
  Sect. 1. Facing the Dissertation Journey
  1. Coming to Study
  2. On the Deliberative Nature of the Dissertation
  3. Meanings of the Dissertation
  4. Facing the Dissertation
  Sect. 2. Preparing for the Dissertation Journey
  5. Orienting Oneself to Interpretive Inquiry
  6. Situating Oneself in the Inquiry
  7. Rethinking the Concept of Method
  8. Rethinking the Concept of Data
  9. Moving From the Experiential to the Theoretic
  Sect. 3. Entering Into and Living Through the Dissertation Journey
  10. Developing Ideas for the Dissertation Proposal
  11. Crafting an Interpretive Dissertation Proposal
  12. Proposing the Dissertation Study
  13. Living With the Study
  14. Entering Into Public Discourse: The Dissertation Meeting
  15. Life After the Dissertation
  Sect. 4. Case Examples of Interpretive Dissertations
  Introduction to Case Examples
  Case Example 1. Problematizing Educational Inclusion: A Practice-Based Heuristic Inquiry / Micheline Stabile
  Case Example 2. Pictures in Our Minds: A Narrative Study of the Incorporation of Creative Dramatics as Pedagogy in Elementary Classroom Content Areas / Lynn A. Richards
  Case Example 3. Narrative Study of Three Levels of Reflection in a College Composition Class: Teacher Journal, Student Portfolios, Teacher-Student Discourse / Patricia L. McMahon
  Case Example 4. Promises Made, Promises Broken: A Literary Criticism of the Pennsylvania Lead Teacher Experience / Kathleen Ceroni
  Case Example 5. Our Changing Town, Our Changing School: Is Common Ground Possible? / Jean Konzal
  Case Example 6. Special Program for Gifted Female Adolescents: A Conceptual Case Study for Planning Curriculum / Joan Leukhardt.