Walking the Methodological Tightrope: Researcher Dilemmas Inside an Urban School District in Times of Public Disinvestment

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 463-474

  Stich, Amy E ^a   Cipollone, Kristin ^a   Nikischer, Andrea ^a   Weis, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

methodology; qualitative research; researcher dilemmas; urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861810638     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800412442815     Document Type: Article

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