Mapping the Ethnographic Journey: A "Road Map" for Novice Researchers Wanting to Engage in Ethnography, Critical Theory and Policy Analysis

Autor/in	Naidu, Sham
Titel	Mapping the Ethnographic Journey: A "Road Map" for Novice Researchers Wanting to Engage in Ethnography, Critical Theory and Policy Analysis
Quelle	(2012), (69 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Critical Theory; Qualitative Research; Ethnography; Policy Analysis; Ethics; Researchers; Novices; Research Methodology; Figurative Language; Theories; Praxis; Interviews; Research Tools; Reflection; Interpersonal Communication; Guidelines; Research Utilization; Teacher Evaluation; Educational Policy; Teacher Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Participant Observation; Evaluation Methods; Teaching Conditions; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kritische Theorie; Qualitative Forschung; Ethnografie; Politikfeldanalyse; Ethik; Researcher; Forscher; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Theory; Theorie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Forschungsmittel; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Richtlinien; Forschungsumsetzung; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerverhalten; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Australien
Abstract	In this article, the "researcher" narrates the issues faced by novice researchers in choosing the correct lenses to conduct research when searching for the truth via the use of qualitative methodology. It is argued that choosing an appropriate research approach and methodology can be described as an "arduous" journey. For the inexperienced traveller [researcher], the journey may not run a straight course from beginning to end but the quest for new knowledge overcomes obstacles faced thereby enabling the traveller to transcend the actual. The ethnographic journey narrated here, describing the struggle to embrace qualitative research, the use of metaphors, using appropriate theory, choosing the correct lens, research as critical praxis, the characteristics of qualitative research, the emancipatory paradigm, appropriating critical theory, ethnography, "partial ethnography", "policy ethnography", "critical policy ethnography", entering the field, managing reciprocal relationships, "purposeful conversations", interviewer skills, ethical issues, ascertaining the truth and reflexivity, serves as a useful "road map" for other novice researchers wanting to embrace ethnographic research. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10