TY - BOOK AU - Piantanida,Maria AU - Garman,Noreen B. TI - The qualitative dissertation: a guide for students and faculty SN - 1412951070 AV - LB2369 .P48 2009 U1 - 808.02 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin KW - Dissertations, Academic KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-298) and index; Coming to study -- On the deliberative nature of the dissertation -- Meanings of the dissertation -- Facing the dissertation -- Orienting oneself to interpretive inquiry -- Situating oneself in the inquiry -- Rethinking the concept of method -- Rethinking the concept of data -- Moving from the experiential to the theoretic -- Developing ideas for the dissertation proposal -- Crafting an interpretive dissertation proposal -- Proposing the dissertation study -- Living with the study -- Entering into public discourse? : the dissertation meeting -- Life after the dissertation ER -