ABSTRACT
This chapter explores, how a study is conceptualized and designed, how research questions are developed, and the important relationships in qualitative research between the theoretical perspectives employed in the study and the methods used to address the questions. Qualitative research certainly employs standards for quality and rigor, and one can identify basic tenets of study design and implementation. It focuses on all early childhood research projects, regardless of paradigm; focus on the various elements of the field of early childhood. For instance, researchers can study the activities of children, teachers and teachers' approaches to their work, curriculum and instructional strategies, or policies or policy implementation. The chapter uses post structural analysis; the researchers explored and deconstructed the idea of emotion in the early childhood classroom. The design serves as a foundation for the understanding of the participants' worlds and the meaning of shared experience between the researcher and participants in a given social context.
