Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and indexes
Beginnings: researching the professor: Thomas / J. Gary Knowles -- Exploring method -- What is life history research? -- Principles guiding life history researching -- Beginning a life history research project -- Doing life history research -- Preparing to make sense of gathered life history information -- Making sense of and representing lives in context -- Experiencing method -- Lessons from nurses' lives / Renee Sarchuk Will -- Responsibilities to community: relationality and mutuality with home-educating families / J. Gary Knowles -- Research as relationship / Jacquie Aston -- Fidelity and ethical ideals / Kathleen Gates, Kathryn Church, Cathy Crowe -- Telling inside stories: the paradox of researcher privilege / Ardra L. Cole -- Going deep: intersecting the self as researcher and researched / Avi Rose -- A life history as artistic interpretation / James A. Muchmore -- Reflections on our stories: women in cardiac rehabilitation / Lori Ebbesen -- Researching first nations educators through presence, collaboration and advocacy / Jeff Orr -- Compelled to honor privacy: reflections from researching in a nursing home / Elizabeth Oates Schuster -- Insights and inspiration from an artist's work, envisioning and portraying lives in context / J. Gary Knowles, Suzanne Thomas -- Rereading Anne: using images in an artful inquiry / Maura McIntyre -- Moments in time / Ilze Arielle Matiss