Description:
Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research develops the practical elements of educational criticism, a form of qualitative inquiry that takes its lead from the work that critics have done in fields such as the visual arts, music, literature, drama and dance.
Review Quotes:
"Elliot Eisner was more innovative theorist than procedure-focused methodologist; consequently, this book provides much-needed information about how to actually do Eisner's educational criticism. The authors, however, also make their own innovative theoretical contributions when they discuss fusing educational criticism with research approaches such as action research, auto-ethnography, and mixed-methods designs." - Robert Donmoyer, University of San Diego
"Both erudite and practical, this book is useful for anyone who wishes to learn more about connoisseurship and criticism and its application in a research setting or similar situations involving applied qualitative inquiry and evaluation." -Brian Wagner, Northern Vermont University.