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Tables of Contents for Fieldwork in Educational Settings
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
vii
Preface: the golden journey
viii
Preface to the second edition
viii
Caveat: Do you really want to do qualitative research?
ix
Acknowledgements
x
For lust of knowing: introduction to the scope and purpose of the book
1
9
Tales, marvellous tales: recognizing good fieldwork and reading wisely
10
21
Beyond that last blue mountain: impediments to good fieldwork and how to overcome them
31
26
Manuscripts in peacock styles: writing diaries, data and texts
57
20
Gnawing the nail of hurry: choosing the topic setting and problem
77
18
Sweet to ride forth: gaining access and recording the process
95
18
Beauty and bright faith: early days in the field and how to record them
113
8
Spikenard, mastic and terebinth: varieties of data collected and recorded
121
19
Seek not excess: maintaining relationships in the field
140
19
Leaving the dim-moon city of delight: terminating your fieldwork
159
10
Beauty lives though lilies die: analysing and theorizing
169
16
For glory or for gain: producing the thesis or book
185
28
Always a little further: the conclusions
213
4
Bibliography
217
23
Index
240