When a study is published in a respected pro￾fessional journal, it not only verifies that the research has
been completed but also that it has been subjected to
anonymous peer review. Published results from studies in
early childhood education contribute to the field’s knowl￾edge and provide direction to guide future early childhood
education research studies. Early childhood education
researchers have become confident in conducting qualita￾tive studies to offer data-based results that can contribute to
early childhood theory, research, policy, and practice.
Qualitative studies can be written in several ways.
Researchers use the purpose of the study, research ques￾tions, theoretical framework, and preferred writing style to
select the appropriate format. This article provides a format
that is simple and acceptable to encourage beginning and
inexperienced researchers to write a publishable qualitative
research report. It discusses several sections of an article
including: title, abstract, introduction, purpose of the study,
research questions, review of the literature, research
methodology, informants, data collection methods, data
analyses, data verification, results, discussion, and refer￾ences. Each of these sections is discussed and illustrated
with excerpts from manuscripts that were published pre￾viously by the author.

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• Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies in Early Childhood Education

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