ABSTRACT
The introductory chapter to this volume has made a case for encouraging qualitative research in education in less developed parts of the world. This chapter provides a bridge between this introduction and the chapters that follow, exemplifying the methods by which such research might be done. By deconstructing some of the tensions latent in the terms quantitative and qualitative, when linked to research method and the methodology in which it is embedded, the chapter develops a very different line of argument to endorse the editors' position.
