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Pellegrini, Anthony D., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
The role of play in human development has long been the subject of controversy. Despite being championed by many of the foremost scholars of the twentieth century, play has been dogged by underrepresentation and marginalization in literature across the scientific disciplines. "The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play" marks the first attempt…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Cultural Differences, Theories
Farrell, Thomas S. C., Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2008
This series captures the dynamics of the contemporary ESOL classroom. It showcases state-of-the-art curricula, materials, tasks, and activities reflecting emerging trends in language education and seeks to build localized language teaching and learning theories based on teachers' and students' unique experiences in and beyond the classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intercultural Communication, Discussion Groups, Student Participation
Mortensen, Peter, Ed.; Kirsch, Gesa E., Ed. – 1996
Reflecting on the practice of qualitative literacy research, this book presents 14 essays that address the most pressing questions faced by qualitative researchers today: how to represent others and themselves in research narratives; how to address ethical dilemmas in research-participant relations; and how to deal with various rhetorical,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Ethnography
Aston, Jean A., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This casebook is part of a set of materials written by the members of the Making Thinking Visible Project. It offers high school, college, and community college teachers' multiple perspectives on the teaching and learning of collaborative planning, and on classroom inquiry and practice. The casebook explains collaborative planning (a writing…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Denzin, Norman K., Ed.; Lincoln, Yvonna, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This book is the third volume of the paperback versions of "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition." This portion of the handbook considers the tasks of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting empirical materials, and comprises the Handbook's Parts IV ("Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials") and V ("The Art and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Focus Groups
Johnson, Leon, Ed. – 1989
This document reports on a study evaluating the practices of identification and recruitment of migrant students. Guided by a 14-state advisory council, data were collected by ethnographic research of practice in migrant recruitment and focus-group studies of migrant families. The document consists of five sections each written by a different…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Ethnography, Federal Programs