ED381273 PS023189
Title: Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings.
Author(s): Hatch, J. Amos, Ed.
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0-275-95151-0
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Greenwood Publishing Group, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007,
Westport, CT 06881 (hardcover: ISBN-0-275-94921-4, $65; paper: ISBN-0-275-95151-0,
$22.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020); Reports--Research
(143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Connecticut
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1995
Target Audience: Researchers
This book
consists of a set of studies and essays that represent the best
work being done in the area of qualitative research in early childhood
settings (children from birth to about age 8). Research in this
area involves studies of young children in educational contexts,
day care, and preschool settings. The Introduction, "Qualitative
Research in Early Childhood Settings," by J. Amos Hatch discusses
the evolution of the book and introduces the chapters. Part 1 includes
the following studies: (1) "The Emotional Culture of Infant-Toddler
Day Care" (Robin L. Leavitt); (2) "Family Day Care as
Mothering: A Study of Providers' Perspectives" (Margaret K.
Nelson); (3) "Heart, Mind, and Soul: Head Start as a Reminder
of the Powerful Function of Schools for Their Communities"
(Maike Philipsen and Jo Agnew); (4) "Life History of a First
Grade Teacher: A Narrative of Culturally Sensitive Teaching Practice"
(Mary E. Hauser); (5) "Policy Issues in the Development of
Child Care and Early Education Systems: The Need for Cross-National
Comparison" (Sally Lubeck); and (6) "Qualitative Research
in Early Childhood Settings: A Review (Pamela C. Browing and J.
Amos Hatch). Part 2, Methods, Ethics, and Theory, contains these
papers: (7) "Studying Childhood as a Cultural Invention: A
Rationale and Framework" (J. Amos Hatch); (8) "Children
in Context: Interpreting the Here and Now of Children's Lives"
(M. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel J. Walsh); (9) "Learning from
Classroom Ethnographies: Same Places, Different Times" (David
E. Fernie, Rebecca Kantor, and Kimberlee L. Whaley); (10) "Toward
a Stronger Teacher Voice in Research: A Collaborative Study of Antibias
Early Education (Beth Blue Swadener and Monica Miller Marsh); (11)
"Multiple Voices, Contexts, and Methods: Making Choices in
Qualitative Evaluation in Early Childhood Education Settings"
(Mary Jo McGee-Brown); (12) "Ethical Conflicts in Classroom
Research: Examples from a Study of Peer Stigmatization in Kindergarten"
(J. Amos Hatch); and (13) "Post-Structural Research in Early
Childhood Education" (Joseph Tobin). Each of the chapters includes
references. (DR)
Descriptors: Action Research; Child Caregivers; Classroom Research;
Cross Cultural Studies; Day Care; *Early Childhood Education; Educational
Policy; Ethics; Ethnography; Family Day Care; Grade 1; *Infants;
Kindergarten; *Qualitative Research; *Research Methodology; School
Community Relationship; Teacher Role; *Toddlers
Identifiers: Project Head Start
