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The friendly, accessible tone of the book invites otherwise intimidated students to engage with qualitative research. Reading Dr. Lichtman's personal notes alongside the text provides support in understanding concepts that might have been overlooked by the novice. It is as if the reader has a personal "professor" guiding them through this new territory.
"I very much appreciated Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Educational Research as a resource to help those new to educational research to understand what the different approaches are and how they can be critiqued through the research literature.
Not suitable for the course, but could be used as a reference during the research
The use of research articles to critique the models of quali research provides doctoral students with strong examples of how/why/specific designs were used to explore issues.
A clearly written, logically set out text suitable for students of varying abilities. Really strong and very accessible sections tend to be towards the start of the text.I will monitor my student's use of Lichtman's book and report back at a later date
Good range of qualitative methodologies; effective resource in helping students learn how to read qualitative research articles critically
Clear description of qualitative approaches.
I found another book for an intor research methods course and decided not to request this one for adoption.
A clearly written, logically set out text suitable for students of varying abilities. Really strong and very accessible sections tend to be towards the start of the text. I will monitor my student's use of Lichtman's book and report back at a later date
