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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > evaluation, testing, and research methods > qualitative research > qualitative data collection > biographical research
... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > curriculum > curriculum studies > inquiry and research > qualitative research > qualitative data collection > biographical research
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  • Biographical research in curriculum studies constitutes the study of a life, focusing primarily upon an individual who in some way is affiliated with the professional field of education and specifically with the field of curriculum, broadly conceived. Many other research methodologies for examining a life exist in educational studieslife history writing, portraiture, oral history, memoir, autobiography, narrative inquiry, and teacher student loreand are situated primarily within social science research traditions of qualitative research. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Biographical Research]

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