This collection brings together studies and essays that represent the best work being done in early child hood qualitative studies.

Amos Hatch is Professor of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Introduction, J. Amos Hatch; Chapter 1 Back to Modernity?, J. Amos Hatch; Part I Qualitative Methodologies in Early Childhood Settings; Chapter 2 Hermeneutic Text Analysis of Play, Stuart Reifel; Chapter 3 Using Digital Video in Field-Based Research With Children, Daniel J. Walsh, Nesrin Bakir, Tony Byungho Lee, Ya-Hui Chung, Kayoun Chung, Colleagues; Chapter 4 The Potential of Focus Groups to Inform Early Childhood Policy and Practice, Sharon Ryan, Carrie Lobman; Chapter 5 Wanderings, Janice A. Jipson; Chapter 6 Action Research in Early Childhood Contexts, Frances O'Connell Rust; Chapter 7 Critical Pedagogy and Qualitative Inquiry, Elizabeth P. Quintero; Part II Issues in Early Childhood Qualitative Research; Chapter 8 Surviving a Methodological Crisis, Lisa S. Goldstein; Chapter 9 Never Certain, Susan Grieshaber; Chapter 10 Researching With Children, Glenda MacNaughton, Kylie Smith, Karina Davis; Chapter 11 Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts, Beth Blue Swadener, Kagendo Mutua; Chapter 12 Who Chooses What Research Methodology?, Jeanette Rhedding-Jones; Chapter 13 Assessing the Quality of Early Childhood Qualitative Research, J. Amos Hatch;