School improvement, like motherhood, has many advocates. Everyone is for it, without having to campaign actively on its behalf. And just as the 100% of people who have had mothers think they know how mothering could be done better, so the (nearly) 100% of people who have been pupils in schools, or have even taught in or managed them, think they know how schools can be im proved. More precisely, they are sure that schools ought to be improved. The trouble is that they propose a staggering, conflicting range of methods of improving the schools, from ;'back to the woodshed" to teacher merit pay, a stiffer curriculum, a stronger tax base, reorganization, a more humane climate, "teacher-proof" innovations, community involvement-the list is nearly end less. Furthermore, the issues are not merely technical, but normative and po litical. The term improvement is itself problematic. One person's version of improvement is another's version of wastefulness or even of worsening the schools. Furthermore, the versions that win out in any particular school are not Improvement sometimes turns out to be merely a necessarily technically "best. " code word for the directives that administrators have successfully put into place, or for the agreements that teachers have lobbied into being. How much do we really know about school improvement? The available research literature is quite substantial, but not as helpful as it might be.

Innovation up Close: How School Improvement Works (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Miles, Matthew B.

Huberman, A. Michael

Psychology & Counseling

Springer

There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce―to reintroduce―readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. Thoughtfully and painstakingly culled from over a thousand candidate articles by co-editors A. Michael Huberman and the late Matthew B. Miles (co-authors of the seminal Qualitative Data Analysis), The Qualitative Researcher′s Companion examines the theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives, and empirical approaches that are crucial to the understanding and practice of qualitative inquiry. Incisive, provocative, and drawn from across the many disciplines that employ qualitative inquiry, The Qualitative Researcher′s Companion is a key addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the research act.

The Qualitative Researcher′s Companion

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion

Qualitative data is unsurpassable for richness of detail, explanatory power, and intuitive 'undeniability' -- but can the data be described as scientific? Qualitative researchers are badly in need of systematic methods for drawing conclusions; for testing them; and for communicating them. Miles and Huberman have designed a practical sourcebook in which strong emphasis is placed on innovative types of data display, including charts, graphs, matrices and networks. Forty nine specific methods of data display and analysis are described, explained, and illustrated, with helpful suggestions for the user.

Qualitative Data Analysis: A Sourcebook of New Methods

The latest edition of this best-selling textbook by Miles and Huberman not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback. Bringing the art of qualitative analysis up-to-date, this edition adds hundreds of new techniques, ideas and references developed in the past decade. The increase in the use of computers in qualitative analysis is also reflected in this volume. There is an extensive appendix on criteria to choose from among the currently available analysis packages. Through examples from a host of social science and professional disciplines, Qualitative Data Analysis remains the most comprehensive and complete treatment of this topic currently available to scholars and applied researchers.

Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook

Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Software Sourcebook

Written by qualitative researchers for qualitative researchers, and not presuming extensive computer experience, this user-friendly guide takes a critical look at the wide range of software currently available.  The book gives detailed reviews of 24 programs in five major categories: text retrievers, textbase managers, code-and-retrieve programs, code-based theory-builders and conceptual network-builders. In addition, the book provides ratings of over 75 features per program. The authors also offer detailed guidance on the operation of each program, helping the reader to ask key questions about the use of the computer - the nature of the project being undertaken, what time-line analyses are planned and what worksheets are re

Weitzman, Eben

Computers & Technology

Written by qualitative researchers for qualitative researchers, and not presuming extensive computer experience, this user-friendly guide takes a critical look at the wide range of software currently available. The book gives detailed reviews of 24 programs in five major categories: text retrievers, textbase managers, code-and-retrieve programs, code-based theory-builders and conceptual network-builders. In addition, the book provides ratings of over 75 features per program. The authors also offer detailed guidance on the operation of each program, helping the reader to ask key questions about the use of the computer - the nature of the project being undertaken, what time-line analyses are planned and what worksheets are re

Attacks the problem of helping school personnel work more effectively together in groups

Learning to Work in Groups: A Program Guide for Educational Leaders

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Teachers College Pr

Learning to Work in Groups: A Practical Guide for Members and Trainers

Improving the Urban High School: What Works and Why

Book by Louis, Karen Seashore, Miles, Matthew B.

Louis, Karen Seashore

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Innovation up Close: How School Improvement Works (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services)

The Qualitative Researcher′s Companion

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion

Qualitative Data Analysis: A Sourcebook of New Methods

Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook

Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Software Sourcebook

Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Software Sourcebook

Learning to Work in Groups: A Program Guide for Educational Leaders

Learning to Work in Groups: A Practical Guide for Members and Trainers

Improving the Urban High School: What Works and Why