Research methods to investigate significant life experiences: review and recommendations (First published in Volume 4, Number 4)

There is, however, a growing body of qualitative research that explores this dimension: research into the significant life experiences which people themselves believe to have shaped their environmental attitudes and actions. As this issue of Environmental Education Research demonstrates, this body of work has accumulated to the point where it warrants review and reevaluation. This article evaluates this research according to criteria for the sound practice of qualitative research published in handbooks like Denzin and Lincoln (1994), Miles and Huberman (1994), and Strauss and Corbin (1990).