For January 16

Readings
1. "On Tricky Ground:" Researching the Native in the Age of Uncertainty
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, pp. 85-108 in the Sage Handbook

2. Reconstructing Culture in Educational Research
Ray Mc Dermott and Herve Varenne, (2006) pp.3-31 in George Spindler and Lorie Hammond (Eds.) Innovations in Educational Ethnography. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

3. N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln, Introduction
Handbook of Qualitative Research, pp. 1-18.

4. J. Corbin & A. Strauss, Chapter 2
Basics of Qualitative Research, pp. 19-43.

5. You can also check out this overview of qualitative research methodologies, from a presentation given in another version of this course (Summer 2009).

The full powerpoint presentation this slide was taken from is available here.