The case study is justified as a viable and valuable approach to educational research and program evaluation. Critiques of three common epistemological justifications of case study are provided, and four strategies for making the case for case study are discussed. (RM)

Paradigmatic assumptions and practices of Soviet pedagogical research are considered. How the social and philosophical commitments of dialectical materialism guide the conduct of research is discussed, and research approaches to pedagogical problems are examined. (RM)

Case study research (1) is an intervention, and often an uncontrolled intervention, in the lives of others; (2) provides a biased view, a distorted picture of the way things are; and (3) is essentially conservative. (RM)

Describes the role of writing fiction as a mode of inquiry into work experience. Contends that the writing of stories is a way of learning about one's experiences. Proposes a cross-professional group to explore putting into practice such modes of inquiry. (DB)