Writing educational biography : explorations in qualitative research /

Writing educational biography : explorations in qualitative research /

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Imprint:New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
Description:xii, 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1098. Critical education practice ; v. 13
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1098.
Garland reference library of social science. Critical education practice ; vol. 13.
Subject:
Education -- Research.
Educators -- Biography.
Education -- Biographical methods.
Education -- Biographical methods.
Education -- Research.
Educators.
Qualitative research.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2952527
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Other authors / contributors:Kridel, Craig Alan.
ISBN:0815322968 (pbk. : alk paper)
0815322941 (hardcover : alk paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Qualitative Research and Educational Biography
  • Chapter 1. Musings on Life Writing: Biography and Case Studies in Teacher Education
  • Chapter 2. Ethnography with a Biographic Eye
  • Chapter 3. Revealing Human Agency: The Uses of Biography in the Study of Educational History
  • Chapter 4. Construction Scars: Autobiographical Voice in Biography
  • Part 2. Methodological Issues and Biographical Research
  • Chapter 5. The Issue of Subject: A Critical Connection
  • Chapter 6. The Issue of Gender: Continuing Problems in Biography
  • Chapter 7. Black Subject, White Biographer
  • Chapter 8. Trust and Memory: Explorations in Oral History and Biography
  • Part 3. Archival Research and Educational Biography
  • Chapter 9. Unique Resources: Research in Archival Collections
  • Chapter 10. Fair Use Issues in Archival and Biographical Research
  • Chapter 11. The Historical Recovery of Edyth Astrid Ferris
  • Chapter 12. On Becoming an Archivist and Biographer
  • Part 4. Educational Biography as Dissertation Research
  • Chapter 13. Finding Facts, Telling Truths, Achieving Art
  • Chapter 14. Willing Biographer, Unwilling Subject
  • Chapter 15. The Biographer's Relationship with Her Subject
  • Chapter 16. A Search for Prose That Recreates the Past
  • Chapter 17. Is It Fiction or Biography?
  • Part 5. Implications for the Field of Education
  • Chapter 18. Biography, Education and Questions of the Private Voice
  • Chapter 19. I Search, You Search, We All Search: Biography and the Public Voice
  • Chapter 20. Asking Questions About Telling Stories
  • Chapter 21. Inquiry, Data and Understanding: A Search for Meaning in Educational Research
  • Epilogue
  • Advice to Aspiring Educational Biographers
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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