A Portrait of the Researcher as a Boundary Crosser

Autor/in	Vakkayil, Jacob D.
Titel	A Portrait of the Researcher as a Boundary Crosser
Quelle	In: Journal of Research Practice, 3 (2007) 3, (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1712-851X
Schlagwörter	Reflective Teaching; Researchers; Experimenter Characteristics; Research Methodology; Phenomenology; Interdisciplinary Approach; Doctoral Dissertations; Evaluation Research; Research Skills; Cultural Relevance; Theory Practice Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Researcher; Forscher; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Evaluationsforschung; Forschungsleistung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	This article traces the roots of the author's doctoral work to his pre-doctoral experiences in varied spheres of practice. The research choices made are thus inevitably influenced by these experiences. These include the selection of an interdisciplinary domain to locate his doctoral work, the choice of a "boundary object" as the unit of analysis, and the formulation of a methodological mix that reflected the multidimensionality of the research topic. These choices also reflect the researcher's quest for personal meaningfulness and consequently, a certain degree of irrationality that is characteristic of any human endeavor. The author explores the idea of creative research as negotiating the boundary of acceptability and highlights the importance of freedom and tolerance for experimentation to aid this enterprise. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10