Transforming Qualitative Data

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).

• Something Old, Something NewDescription, Analysis, and Interpretation in Qualitative InquiryPART ONE: EMPHASIS ON DESCRIPTIONAdequate Schools and Inadequate EducationThe Life History of a Sneaky KidThe Elementary School PrincipalNotes from a Field StudyConfessions of a `Trained′ ObserverPART TWO: EMPHASIS ON ANALYSISA Malay Village That Progress ChoseSungai Lui and the Institute of Cultural AffairsLife′s Not WorkingCultural Alternatives to Career AlternativesPART THREE: EMPHASIS ON INTERPRETATIONThe Teacher as an EnemyAfterword, 1989A Kwakiutl Village and School 25 Years LaterThe Acquisition of CultureNotes on a Working PaperOn Seeking - and Rejecting - Validity in Qualitative ResearchPART FOUR: TEACHING AND LEARNING QUALITATIVE INQUIRYTeaching Qualitative InquiryLearning Qualitative InquirySome Power of Reasoning, Much Aided

"Wolcott offers a...cornucopia of advice...Wolcott shares suggestions gleaned from his professional life...there is much that is useful to program evaluators and to students of program evaluation...Wolcott offers an important...supplementary reading to a course on evaluation methods."