For learning to change, teaching, teacher education, and educational policies must change. Reform must take into account teacher knowledge and beliefs about learning and teaching. Educational researchers should employ qualitative methods. (SK)

Evaluation study showed the PASSKey (Planned Activity, Strategic Sampling, Keystone behavior) model of service delivery to be reliable in increasing accountability of parents and teachers in early-childhood interventions. Case study results (N=28) are included. (EMK)

Analysis of observational and interview data concerning teacher speech and educational philosophy in inclusive classrooms with deaf students found teachers directed fewer utterances, on average, to deaf than to hearing students. Inclusive philosophies focused on an individualized approach to teaching, attention to deaf culture, advocacy, smaller…

Discusses issues surrounding teacher research and the validity of qualitative study, exploring one teacher researcher's route through a small-scale qualitative study. The article uses attempts to implement a critically ethnographic approach and dilemmas of trying to live the theoretical principles of the research methodology as the basis for…

Outlines certain ways that educators might remap certain assumptions about and discussions of pedagogy, focusing on the paradoxes of authority and power. Three sections present moments of theory and practice, examining excessive pedagogy, excessive writing, and excessive research. (SM)

Studied mother-daughter incest. Common themes were extracted from in-depth interviews with survivors of mother-perpetrated sexual abuse, some of which parallel the experience of survivors of other forms of child sexual abuse, and some of which are more specific to mother-daughter incest. Discusses themes and counseling implications. (JBJ)

This article examines the relationship between an adolescent with behavior disorders, his family, and the system of care, through a single case analysis. The methodology used to collect the case record and interview data and to analyze and graphically illustrate the data are presented to demonstrate use of qualitative data in program evaluation.…

Two chapters of this issue consider critical multiplism as a research strategy with links to meta analysis and generalizability theory. The unifying perspective it can provide for quantitative and qualitative evaluation is discussed. The third chapter explores meta analysis as a way to improve causal inferences in nonexperimental data. (SLD)

Examines the impact of policies, practices, and attitudes of employers toward new parents by interviews with seven women and six men who had recently returned to work after becoming first-time parents. Findings pointed to considerable differences in the attitudes of employers to the men and women. Discusses implications for organizational careers…

In examining factors relating to how married couples make work and family decisions, concluded gender and marriages are constructed and, in turn, reconstructed through the decisions couples make about work and family. Qualitatively analyzed longitudinal data gathered from 61 couples who made a work and family decision. Takes a feminist critical…

States that participants in a qualitative case study of nonacademic R&D authors thought their reports were more informative than persuasive. Describes how three definitions of "persuasion" emerged. Concludes that most of the participants felt they owed a greater debt to their subject matter rather than the audience; some participants…

States that recent emphasis on reflexivity has caused cross-cultural researchers to reexamine their methods and underlying assumptions. Examines the impact of cultural factors on quantitative/qualitative research methodologies, specifically, the impact of cultural values, political constraints, educational level of informants, and context.…

Examined perceptions of racial and ethnic identities held by 31 undergraduate students, including preservice teachers. Identified five primary themes: "whiteness" as invisible to whites; whites' belief that being non-white is a condition that can be overcome; varying perceptions of "race,""ethnicity," and…

This commentary on the previous article on an interpretive research approach discusses the journey of a researcher from radical behaviorism, to interpretive social science, to an emerging viewpoint in which art more than science is used as a way of seeing issues related to disability, education, and change. (Contains 10 references.) (CR)

A qualitative study of three Chinese interactive multimedia programs and interviews with multimedia designers were undertaken to develop user interface design guidelines for Chinese multimedia designers. The study revealed that most multimedia designers do not have formal training in user interface design and employed few guidelines. Recommends…