Extends the discussion of an article by J. Myers published in an earlier issue of this journal. Suggests that Myers's response to earlier critiques failed to address major criticisms. Readdresses 12 criticisms regarding research methodology, the role of the researcher, researcher-subject relationship, standards for researchers, and the notion of…

Presents a qualitative study of the environmental concerns and attitudes of young people aged 15 to 17 years in Brisbane, Australia. Findings reveal young peoples' expressions of cynicism, frustration, powerlessness, and hope that have not been identified in quantitative studies about youth environmental knowledge and attitudes. (LZ)

In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Over 160 individual strategies were coded and analyzed, and a theoretical model was developed describing causal conditions that underlie the development of survival and coping strategies, phenomena that arose from those causal conditions, contexts that influenced…

This article discusses types of early childhood special education questions that might be addressed in focus groups and explores four issues that aid in designing and judging focus group research, including who should participate, checks on credibility, maintenance of research stability while allowing for an emergent design, and information to be…

Reports a study based on concerns of the editor of the "Journal of Research in Science Teaching" regarding fairness and equity for qualitative studies submitted to this journal. Examined 1991 articles and concluded there is no bias against qualitative research. There was a lower rate of reviewer agreement for qualitative studies but no…

Describes a case study of the views of three Sunday school teachers. Reports that the teachers' attitudes on faith and educational goals differed. Discusses ethnographic research and how it should be used in religious education. Reviews some of the promises and problems of ethnographic research in religious education. (SG)

Performed qualitative analysis of change process experienced by 10 female clients in short-term counseling. At end of each session, clients completed Important Events Questionnaire. Four judges examined written responses and identified three different patterns of change: consistent change, interrupted change, and minimal change. (Author/NB)

This article uses a case study of a deaf-blind infant to examine issues in the early cognitive development of such infants. The study used an ecological approach involving naturalistic observation, videotaping, anecdotal accounts, and the use of four global developmental scales. (DB)

Develops a metaphor of qualitative research as jazz to illuminate qualities that are embedded in the processes of qualitative inquiry. The jazz metaphor is said to create a pathway for making explicit the tacit understandings that permit qualitative research to flow and to be guided by the new findings and emerging understandings it uncovers. (GLR)

This study adopted an interpretivist model as a basis for parents and researchers to cocreate a discourse, using repertory grid methodology, that outlines life experiences as they relate to parenting a child with an intellectual disability. A model of five interrelated systems of issues that impinge upon the perceptions of parents is proposed.…

Described two types of naturalistic research from different theoretical traditions: new paradigm research and ecological psychology. Applications are suggested for research in college student development and for professional practice in college student affairs. Includes examples of naturalistic research and discusses criteria for scientific…

Discusses the ongoing debate over qualitative versus quantitative research, recommending an alternative conceptual organization of educational research dimensions that assumes that qualitative-quantitative research paradigms are best organized into a series of interactive but parallel continuums called Q-continuum. The model interprets the best…

In considering an ethnographic perspective on creativity research, this article briefly discusses and reviews sample studies on (1) the cultural context of creativity, (2) creativity and cultural transmission and transformation, and (3) creativity in the context of cultural anthropology. (DB)

Notes that the contextualized, interpretive methods of qualitative research can help researchers generate rich theory. Discusses a social theory of business genres developed from a qualitative research study of organizational genres of communication. (RS)

Discovers how preschool hearing-impaired children learn about literacy within a school setting. Finds that the children, through literacy, find ways to learn about the hearing world and, more important, to be a part of it. (RS)