Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating Education.

Fetterman, David M.

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ERIC Number: EJ381238

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Publication Date: 1988

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Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating Education.

Fetterman, David M.

Educational Researcher, v17 n8 p17-23 Nov 1988

Discusses qualitative research and its application to educational evaluation. Approaches discussed include the following: (1) ethnography; (2) naturalistic inquiry; (3) generic pragmatic (sociological) inquiry; (4) connoisseurship/criticism; (5) metaphors; and (6) phenomenography. (FMW)

Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods, Metaphors, Naturalistic Observation, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Social Science Research, Sociology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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