Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research

P. Bruce Uhrmacher is Professor of Education and Research Methods at the Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, USA, and Faculty Advisor for the Institute for Creative Teaching. He previously served as President of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. His research interests include arts-based research, qualitative research, alternative school settings, curriculum theory and practice, and Waldorf education.Christy McConnell Moroye is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Curriculum Studies in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. She is Co-Editor of Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue and is interested in ecological and aesthetic perspectives of education.David J. Flinders is Professor of Curriculum Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. His interests focus on qualitative research methods, secondary school reform, curriculum theory, and peace studies.

"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.

• ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Connoisseurship: The Arts of Perception and DiscernmentChapter 3: Study DesignChapter 4: Description and InterpretationChapter 5: Evaluation and ThematicsChapter 6: Trends and Variations