Provide an example of any qualitative study of teaching.

As seen in 'First Year Teacher' by Bullough, (1989), the researcher's goal was to describe, from the teacher's perspective, what it's like to be a first-year teacher. He spent a year observing a first-year, middle school language arts teacher, interviewing her, and collecting artifacts such as lesson plans and assignments. A realistic account of the triumphs and difficulties encountered by one teacher emerged from the study. As in other qualitative studies, the researcher did not claim that this teacher's experience generalised to the experiences of all first-year teachers. Instead, he simply attempted to describe one teacher's experience in as much detail as possible and then allow readers to draw their own conclusions about that teacher's experiences.