Beliefs regarding violence and art making are discussed, including how art therapists can inadvertently contribute to violence and engage in society's metaphor of war. Proposes that art therapists adopt a role based on their value as agents of reconciliation; offers solutions to dealing with violence in art therapists' lives. (MKA)

Examines discourses in the academic and information science literature that attempt to justify and promote, to criticize and resist, or to explain and interpret transformational social change. Surveys literature about organizational change in academic libraries and builds a syncretic interpretation to overcome some of the traditional problems of…

Discusses the need for an integrated approach to teaching both qualitative and quantitative research methods in library and information science master's degree programs. Also suggests a scenario for applying it within the realm of a single semester course. (Author/LRW)

Presents findings from the Professional Assessment and Comprehensive Evaluation System (PACES) Spring 2000 Fields Study in a large southeastern school district. PACES is a comprehensive, learner-centered classroom-based system that provides educators with information useful for teaching and learning. During this pilot study of PACES, interviews…

Presents a model of peer group supervision and highlights findings from a qualitative exploration of this approach with master's degree counseling students and doctoral candidate supervisors. Emergent themes from the exploration pertain to supervisee's development; benefits of peer interactions and process-sensitive peer group supervision;…

A qualitative study documents the emergence, in the context of typed expression, of increasingly useful and reliable speech for an adolescent labeled with autism. The process of speech development is described and the three categories of supports that he and his family experienced that supported his emergent speech are discussed. (Contains…

This qualitative, interpretive case study used ethnographic techniques to explore preservice teachers' experience of service learning in a multicultural education course. Three roles and perspectives related to multicultural learning are described and analyzed: playing it safe, teacher/helper, and companionship. The study concluded that preservice…

Investigates young children's opportunities to socially construct literacy during "story extension time." Finds that story extension time afforded the children with occasions to accomplish key purposes of literacy development and construct concepts about literacy. Notes children took the following identifiable stances toward the tasks:…

Describes the "corporate" approach taken by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) to provide credible quantitative estimates of the long-term policy outcomes of total ACOA activity in its mission of economic development in Atlantic Canada. The Agency uses multiple lines of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, in its…

Used qualitative data from two schools using the Success for All (SFA) program to examine how teachers responded to SFA and how their beliefs, experiences, and programmatic adaptations influenced implementation. Forty-seven interviews with teachers, principals, and SFA facilitators and 49 classroom observations showed that teachers fell into four…

Proposes an alternative model of therapy for sexually abused children, and suggests envisioning the therapy process for children whose abuse therapies are particularly extreme as a series of cycles rather than progressive improvement through a number of stages. Discusses two cases to illustrate the proposed cyclic nature of play with this…

Reviews approaches and themes in the social work activities of the Centre for Evaluation Studies at the University of Huddersfield in England. Although adhering to methodological pluralism, the Centre's emphasis is on practitioner evaluation using single-case evaluation in combination with other methods. Presents some key findings. (JPS)

Three teachers describe how parents of deaf, severely disabled, and bilingual children participated in their children's learning. Qualitative research methods were used to help parents share their knowledge with teachers. (SK)

Most experiential educators acknowledge the centrality of the learner in experiences they facilitate, indicating a constructivist epistemological vision. Yet participant experiences are lost in research using an outcome-focused, objectivist epistemology. Employing a constructivist epistemology in research embraces a broader range of approaches,…

Examination of writing and reading graduate theses from the perspectives of theorists, graduate students, and faculty advisors resulted in the conceptualization of the process as dialogical storytelling and rewriting of each other's metaphors. Instead of modernist beginning-to-end narratives, postmodern qualitative research is perceived as…