Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry --
Introduction to Qualitative Research --
Assessing and Evaluating Qualitative Research --
Part Two: Examples of Qualitative Research for Discussion and Analysis --
Interpretive Qualitative Research --
Roles Traditional Healers Play in Cancer Treatment in Malaysia: Implications for Health Promotion and Education --
How Context Shapes the Design and Implementation of a Qualitative Study / Sharan B. Merriam --
The Influence of Mentorship and Role Models on University Women Leaders' Career Paths to University Presidency --
Mutual Reflections on Conceptual Frameworks in Qualitative Research / Lilian H. Hill, Celeste A. Wheat --
Phenomenology --
Hiking Leisure: Generating a Different Existence Within Everyday Life --
Hiking the Phenomenological Psychological Method / Rob Bongaardt, Børge Baklien, Idun Røseth --
Being In-Between: The Lived Experience of Becoming a Prosthesis User Following the Loss of a Leg --
Caught Up Between Ethics and Methodology: Reflections Addressing the Unintended Presence of a Participant's Partner During a Phenomenological Interview / Annelise Norlyk --
Ethnography --
Boxing Culture and Serious Leisure Among North American Youth: An Embodied Ethnography --
Embodied Ethnography as a Research Approach: Further Reflections and Insights on Boxing as Serious Leisure / Nuno F. Ribeiro --
A Sojourn Experience in the Land of Fire and Ice: Examining Cultural Competence and Employee Well-Being Through an Autoethnographic Exploration --
Managing the Burden and Blessing of Autoethnography / Robin S. Grenier --
Grounded Theory --
A Grounded Theory of Professional Learning in an Authentic Online Professional Development Program --
Navigating the Sea of Data With Grounded Theory / Hanna Teräs --
Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use of Open Educational Practices in Higher Education --
Why Constructivist Grounded Theory? and the Importance of Researcher Reflexivity / Catherine Cronin --
Narrative Inquiry --
Chandra's Story: An Adult Education Student Journeys From Fear to Gratitude --
Narrative Inquiry: Good Things Take Time / Robin L. Danzak --
Youths' and Adults' Stories Related to the Background for ADHD Assessment --
Reflections on a Narrative Approach to Autobiographical Stories / Bjørg Mari Hannås --
Arts-Based Research --
Drama, Performance Ethnography, and Self-Esteem: Listening to Youngsters With Dyslexia and Their Parents --
When Participants Become Researchers / Ruth Falzon, Dione Mifsud --
Voices From the Field: Preparing Teachers for High Need Schools --
Dramatizing Data, Creating Art, and Finding Community:Ethnodrama/Arts-Based Research / Tabitha Dell'Angelo --
Qualitative Action Research --
Action Research by Practitioners: A Case Study of a High School's Attempt to Create Transformational Change --
Reflecting on Taking Action: Three Suggestions / Jeffrey Glanz --
Collective Voices: Engagement of Hartford Community Residents Through Participatory Action Research --
Trust the Process: Reflections on Participatory Action Research / Karen Brown McLean, Kenneth Williamson Mixed Methods --
College Students and Yik Yak: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study --
The Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Methodologies / Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon --
"Talk to Me": A Mixed-Methods Study on Preferred Physician Behaviors During End-of-Life Communication from the Patient Perspective --
The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts: Using Mixed Methods to Answer a Complex Healthcare Question / Amane Abdul-Razzak.