TY - BOOK AU - Piantanida,Maria AU - Garman,Noreen B. TI - The qualitative dissertation: a guide for students and faculty SN - 9781412951081 (pbk. : acid-free paper) U1 - 808.02 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - Corwin KW - Dissertations, Academic KW - BUEsh KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - ART KW - May2023 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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 -