Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research: By P. Bruce Uhrmacher, Christy McConnell Moroye, and David J. Flinders

Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research provides a quick yet in-depth review of Elliot Eisner’s (1976) educational connoisseurship and criticism with practical considerations for applications in qualitative research projects. Educational connoisseurship and criticism is a form of qualitative inquiry situated as a subset of empirical, interpretive inquiry like ethnographic or case study research (p. 3). Initially utilized in the arts, educational criticism has been adopted as a qualitative research framework throughout the education realm. My reasons for reading the book had less to do with uncovering a research methodology and more with improving my understanding of the concepts of connoisseurship and criticism for use in my professional work as a teacher educator and as a high school STEM instructor. Whether a novice or experienced educator, the reader finds much to ponder in this book.