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ERIC Number: EJ600672
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Sociology and Qualitative Methodologies in Educational Research.
Metz, Mary Haywood
Harvard Educational Review, v70 n1 p60-74 Spr 2000
Traces the development of qualitative methodology to the Chicago School of sociologists in the 1920s. Distinguishes between qualitative methods and qualitative methodology and between anthropological and sociological approaches. Expresses concern that some types of research may co-opt the qualitative label and replace ethnography. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Educational Research, Ethnography, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Sociology
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of Chicago IL
Note: Symposium--"Habits of Thought and Work"--The Disciplines and Qualitative Research.