Focuses on debates and developments in methodology and the ways in which ethnographic work interacts with education. Particular chapters in this volume are concerned with access to research sites, critical ethnography, text construction, dilemmas of researching different ethnic groups and or researching children, and more.

Introduction (G. Walford. A. Massey). Is triangulation possible? (A. Massey). Using connections to gain access: some points of caution (M. Birbilli). Distancing research objects through involvement of the self (B. Jeffrey). Responding to text construction: Goffman's reflexive imagination (S. Hillyard). Exploring the worlds of childhood: the dilemmas and problems of the adult researcher (M. Boyle). The cr/eye of the witness (J. Schostak). Selling your way in: gaining access to research sites (G. Walford). Ethnography in the hands of participants: tools of dramatic discovery (J. Mienczakowski). Image as a symbolic gift (A.X. de Brito, A. Vasquez). Critical ethnography in education (P. Carspecken). Researching public libraries and ethnic diversity: some black and white issues (M. Morrison).