Teaching Qualitative Methods in Higher Education

Abstract

Interest in qualitative methods and interpretive, hermeneutic, and constructivist approaches has never been higher. As higher education graduate programs consider offering such courses, the question arises as to what, legitimately, ought to be included as major topical areas. Major topics suggested by the authors include entrée and building rapport, fieldnotes and data management, adequacy criteria, ethics in qualitative inquiry, site selection, and writing the case study. References include major sources in phenomenological inquiry.