This book provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of
qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional
training programs, particularly in education. It features a very
accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique,
and inspiration--and is itself an example of this kind of writing.
It teaches students how to use personal writing in order to analyze,
explicate, and advance their ideas. And it encourages minority students,
women, and others to find and express their authentic voices by teaching
them to use their own lives as primary resources for their scholarship.