Transforming Qualitative Data : Description,

The process of analyzing qualitative data and producing a complete study is discussed in this book. Breaking down the transformation process into description, analysis and interpretation, Harry Wolcott discusses these three related activities. To illustrate them, he critically analyzes his own work, using nine of his previous studies as examples. He concludes by examining how to learn and teach qualitative research using these principles.

Something Old, Something New
Description, Analysis, and Interpretation in Qualitative Inquiry
PART ONE: EMPHASIS ON DESCRIPTION
Adequate Schools and Inadequate Education
The Life History of a Sneaky Kid
The Elementary School Principal
Notes from a Field Study
Confessions of a `Trained' Observer
PART TWO: EMPHASIS ON ANALYSIS
A Malay Village That Progress Chose
Sungai Lui and the Institute of Cultural Affairs
Life's Not Working
Cultural Alternatives to Career Alternatives
PART THREE: EMPHASIS ON INTERPRETATION
The Teacher as an Enemy
Afterword, 1989
A Kwakiutl Village and School 25 Years Later
The Acquisition of Culture
Notes on a Working Paper
On Seeking - and Rejecting - Validity in Qualitative Research
PART FOUR: TEACHING AND LEARNING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY
Teaching Qualitative Inquiry
Learning Qualitative Inquiry
Some Power of Reasoning, Much Aided

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Transforming Qualitative Data : Description, Analysis, and Interpretation

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