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"This comprehensive, practical, user-friendly book provides a
wealth of data analysis strategies that are essential for any
qualitative research. It is a must-have tool book for moving from
data analysis to writing for publication!" -Guofang Li, University
of British Columbia, Canada Miles, Huberman, and Saldana's
Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook is the
authoritative text for analyzing and displaying qualitative
research data. The Fourth Edition maintains the analytic rigor of
previous editions while showcasing a variety of new visual display
models for qualitative inquiry. Graphics are added to the
now-classic matrix and network illustrations of the original
co-authors. Five chapters have been substantially revised, and the
appendix's annotated bibliography includes new titles in research
methods. Graduate students and established scholars from all
disciplines will find this resource an innovative compendium of
ideas for the representation and presentation of qualitative data.
As the authors demonstrate, when researchers "think display," their
analyses of social life capture the complex and vivid processes of
the people and institutions studied.
School improvement, like motherhood, has many advocates. Everyone
is for it, without having to campaign actively on its behalf. And
just as the 100% of people who have had mothers think they know how
mothering could be done better, so the (nearly) 100% of people who
have been pupils in schools, or have even taught in or managed
them, think they know how schools can be im proved. More precisely,
they are sure that schools ought to be improved. The trouble is
that they propose a staggering, conflicting range of methods of
improving the schools, from;'back to the woodshed" to teacher merit
pay, a stiffer curriculum, a stronger tax base, reorganization, a
more humane climate, "teacher-proof" innovations, community
involvement-the list is nearly end less. Furthermore, the issues
are not merely technical, but normative and po litical. The term
improvement is itself problematic. One person's version of
improvement is another's version of wastefulness or even of
worsening the schools. Furthermore, the versions that win out in
any particular school are not Improvement sometimes turns out to be
merely a necessarily technically "best. " code word for the
directives that administrators have successfully put into place, or
for the agreements that teachers have lobbied into being. How much
do we really know about school improvement? The available research
literature is quite substantial, but not as helpful as it might
be."
School improvement, like motherhood, has many advocates. Everyone
is for it, without having to campaign actively on its behalf. And
just as the 100% of people who have had mothers think they know how
mothering could be done better, so the (nearly) 100% of people who
have been pupils in schools, or have even taught in or managed
them, think they know how schools can be im proved. More precisely,
they are sure that schools ought to be improved. The trouble is
that they propose a staggering, conflicting range of methods of
improving the schools, from;'back to the woodshed" to teacher merit
pay, a stiffer curriculum, a stronger tax base, reorganization, a
more humane climate, "teacher-proof" innovations, community
involvement-the list is nearly end less. Furthermore, the issues
are not merely technical, but normative and po litical. The term
improvement is itself problematic. One person's version of
improvement is another's version of wastefulness or even of
worsening the schools. Furthermore, the versions that win out in
any particular school are not Improvement sometimes turns out to be
merely a necessarily technically "best. " code word for the
directives that administrators have successfully put into place, or
for the agreements that teachers have lobbied into being. How much
do we really know about school improvement? The available research
literature is quite substantial, but not as helpful as it might
be."
Miles, Huberman, and Saldana's Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods
Sourcebook is the authoritative text for analyzing and displaying
qualitative research data. The Fourth Edition maintains the
analytic rigor of previous editions while showcasing a variety of
new visual display models for qualitative inquiry. Graphics are
added to the now-classic matrix and network illustrations of the
original co-authors. Five chapters have been substantially revised,
and the appendix's annotated bibliography includes new titles in
research methods. Graduate students and established scholars from
all disciplines will find this resource an innovative compendium of
ideas for the representation and presentation of qualitative data.
As the authors demonstrate, when researchers think display, their
analyses of social life capture the complex and vivid processes of
the people and institutions studied.
It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced
a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of
life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded
workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the
global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian
Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been
very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor
conditions have promoted globalization.
At the outset of the industrial revolution the Lancashire labour
market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted
quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of
labour. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had
retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid
fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers
sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right
thing - protected and preserved the fresh labour market
arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes
in the labour market in the context of developments in labour
economics and fresh research in social and economic history.
There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce?to reintroduce?readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. Thoughtfully and painstakingly culled from over a thousand candidate articles by coeditors A. Michael Huberman and the late Matthew B. Miles (co-authors of the seminal Qualitative Data Analysis), The Qualitative Researcher?s Companion examines the theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives, and empirical approaches that are crucial to the understanding and practice of qualitative inquiry. Incisive, provocative, and drawn from across the many disciplines that employ qualitative inquiry, The Qualitative Researcher?s Companion is a key addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the research act.
There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce?to reintroduce?readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. Thoughtfully and painstakingly culled from over a thousand candidate articles by coeditors A. Michael Huberman and the late Matthew B. Miles (co-authors of the seminal Qualitative Data Analysis), The Qualitative Researcher?s Companion examines the theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives, and empirical approaches that are crucial to the understanding and practice of qualitative inquiry. Incisive, provocative, and drawn from across the many disciplines that employ qualitative inquiry, The Qualitative Researcher?s Companion is a key addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the research act.
At the outset of the industrial revolution the Lancashire labour
market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted
quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of
labour. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had
retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid
fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers
sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right
thing - protected and preserved the fresh labour market
arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes
in the labour market in the context of developments in labour
economics and fresh research in social and economic history.
"Burnout" was first investigated in the 1970s as a crisis of
overextended and disillusioned social service workers. However, as
the nature of these workers' jobs has changed, so has the nature of
the syndrome. The current experience of burnout is lived out in a
more challenging social context, with social service workers
struggling harder for social credibility and job security. For
instance, because of greater demands on their time and energy,
teachers are being pressed to do more work with fewer resources,
while receiving fewer rewards and less recognition of their
efforts. The objective of this volume is to provide new
perspectives and a deeper understanding of the nature, conditions,
and consequences of burnout, most notably in the teaching
profession. To do this, the contributors review the most recent
research in the field, and describe research and action agendas
designed to combat the incidence of burnout in the workplace.
Researchers and professionals in the fields of education and social
psychology will be particularly interested in what this volume has
to offer.
"Burnout" was first investigated in the 1970s as a crisis of overextended and disillusioned social service workers. However, as the nature of these workers' jobs has changed, so has the nature of the syndrome. The current experience of burnout is lived out in a more challenging social context, with social service workers struggling harder for social credibility and job security. For instance, because of greater demands on their time and energy, teachers are being pressed to do more work with fewer resources, while receiving fewer rewards and less recognition of their efforts. The objective of this volume is to provide new perspectives and a deeper understanding of the nature, conditions, and consequences of burnout, most notably in the teaching profession. To do this, the contributors review the most recent research in the field, and describe research and action agendas designed to combat the incidence of burnout in the workplace. Researchers and professionals in the fields of education and social psychology will be particularly interested in what this volume has to offer.
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