Introduction, J. Amos Hatch; Chapter 1 Back to Modernity?, J. Amos Hatch; Part I Qualitative Methodologies in Early Childhood Settings; Chapter 2 Hermeneutic Text Analysis of Play, Stuart Reifel; Chapter 3 Using Digital Video in Field-Based Research With Children, Daniel J. Walsh, Nesrin Bakir, Tony Byungho Lee, Ya-Hui Chung, Kayoun Chung, Colleagues; Chapter 4 The Potential of Focus Groups to Inform Early Childhood Policy and Practice, Sharon Ryan, Carrie Lobman; Chapter 5 Wanderings, Janice A. Jipson; Chapter 6 Action Research in Early Childhood Contexts, Frances O'Connell Rust; Chapter 7 Critical Pedagogy and Qualitative Inquiry, Elizabeth P. Quintero; Part II Issues in Early Childhood Qualitative Research; Chapter 8 Surviving a Methodological Crisis, Lisa S. Goldstein; Chapter 9 Never Certain, Susan Grieshaber; Chapter 10 Researching With Children, Glenda MacNaughton, Kylie Smith, Karina Davis; Chapter 11 Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts, Beth Blue Swadener, Kagendo Mutua; Chapter 12 Who Chooses What Research Methodology?, Jeanette Rhedding-Jones; Chapter 13 Assessing the Quality of Early Childhood Qualitative Research, J. Amos Hatch;