Jessica McCrory Calarco Livres

Suppose you were given two qualitative one is a piece of empirically sound social science and the other, though interesting and beautifully written, is not. How would you tell the difference?  Qualitative Literacy presents criteria to assess qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviewing and participant observation. Qualitative research is indispensable to the study of inequality, poverty, education, public health, immigration, the family, and criminal justice. Each of the hundreds of ethnographic and interview studies published yearly on these issues is scientifically either sound or unsound. This guide provides social scientists, researchers, students, evaluators, policy makers, and journalists with the tools needed to identify and evaluate quality in field research.

Navigating graduate school involves understanding a hidden curriculum not typically covered in classes, such as selecting a good advisor, securing funding, and handling journal revisions. This comprehensive survival guide by Jessica McCrory Calarco offers essential insights and skills for each stage of the postgraduate journey, from deciding to enroll to completing the degree and entering the job market. It's an invaluable resource for both prospective and current graduate students across all disciplines, aimed at helping them thrive academically and professionally.

In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco traces class differences in student behaviors from their origins at home to their consequences in school and demonstrates how complex interactions between children, parents, and teachers collectively contribute to classroom inequality. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, she reveals that middle-class students secure advantages over their working-class peers by requesting support in excess of what is fair or required and by persuading teachers to grant their requests.