Writing Up Qualitative Research - Hardcover

Wolcott, Harry F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761924280 ISBN 13: 9780761924289

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Wolcott has thoroughly revised the book that has provided a solution to this conundrum as well as inspired thousands of readers with their writing. Using lively examples from his and other researchers′ experiences, friendly, practical tips, and a warm, reflective writing style, this second edition has been completely updated and includes new features, such as:

• Chapter 4 on Linking Up: Provides readers with thoughtful guidelines as to how and where to use theory, what needs to be said about method, some thoughts about the "traditional" literature review (as well as how to decide whether or not to include this material!)
• Applications: Give readers the opportunity to put into practice some of Wolcott′s tips to improve or jump-start their own writing
• Bulleted Reviews: Highlight the key points to remember from each chapter

Read the book that will not only enable you to better tell the story of your research in the article, monograph, or dissertation you need to write but also help you to incorporate writing into the essential role it must play in a professional research career. 

About this title

About the Author

Harry F. Wolcott (Ph.D. Stanford) taught at the University of Oregon, serving on both the faculties of education and anthropology. He authored several ethnographic texts that included his experiences among the Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia and with the African Beer Gardens of Bulawayo, Rhodesia, as well on ethnographic method and on writing itself, with a focus on qualitative research. His publications included: Transforming Qualitative Data (SAGE 1994); Art of Fieldwork (2nd ed., Altamira Press 2005); Ethnography: A Way of Seeing (2nd ed., Altamira Press 2008); Writing Up Qualitative Research (3rd ed., SAGE 2009); Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath: Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork (Altamira 2002), and Ethnography Lessons: A Primer (Left Coast Press, 2010).

Review

"Harry Wolcott’s book is one of those little must-have, must-read gems. The voice of experience is unmistakable. It’s great fun to read, and chock full of helpful, how-to-do-it advice." 

Author: H. Russell Bernard

"Written in an easy-to-read, conversational tone, Writing up Qualitative Research is useful and interesting and will be an important aid to graduate students working in their dissertations. It will also enable recent doctorates who accept university prositions to advance in their profession through writing and publishing."

Source: Harvard Educational Review

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761924280
• ISBN 13: 9780761924289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208