Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings

J. AMOS HATCH is Associate Professor of Inclusive Early Childhood Education at the University of Tennessee. He has taught in early childhood settings and conducted qualitative studies resulting in research reports for Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Elementary School Journal, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, and Phi Delta Kappan. He is currently executive coeditor of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

• Introduction: Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings by J. Amos Hatch Studies The Emotional Culture of Infant-Toddler Day Care by Robin L. Leavitt Family Day Care as Mothering: A Study of Providers' Perspectives by Margaret K. Nelson Heart, Mind, and Soul: Head Start as a Reminder of the Powerful Function of Schools for Their Communities by Maike Philipsen and Jo Agnew Life History of a First Grade Teacher: A Narrative of Culturally Sensitive Teaching Practice by Mary E. Hauser Policy Issues in the Development of Child Care and Early Education Systems: The Need for Cross-National Comparison by Sally Lubeck Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings: A Review by Pamela C. Browning and J. Amos Hatch Methods, Ethics, and Theory Studying Childhood as a Cultural Invention: A Rationale and Framework by J. Amos Hatch Children in Context: Interpreting the Here and Now of Children's Lives by M. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel J. Walsh Learning from Classroom Ethnographies: Same Places, Different Times by David E. Fernie, Rebecca Kantor, and Kimberlee L. Whaley Toward a Stronger Teacher Voice in Research: A Collaborative Study of Antibias Early Education by Beth Blue Swadener and Monica Miller Marsh Multiple Voices, Contexts, and Methods: Making Choices in Qualitative Evaluation in Early Childhood Settings by Mary Jo McGee-Brown Ethical Conflicts in Classroom Research: Examples from a Study of Peer Stigmatization in Kindergarten by J. Amos Hatch Post-Structural Research in Early Childhood Education by Joe Tobin