An Outsider-Researcher's Tale: The Paradox of Studying 'My Own People' from a Peripheral Position, Perspective and Context

Autor/in	Macam, Alea Ann F.
Titel	An Outsider-Researcher's Tale: The Paradox of Studying 'My Own People' from a Peripheral Position, Perspective and Context
Quelle	In: Waikato Journal of Education, 22 (2017) 2, S.27-34 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2382-0373
Schlagwörter	Researchers; Student Research; Graduate Students; Study Abroad; Reflection; School Turnaround; Political Influences; Economic Factors; Elementary Schools; Principals; Decision Making; Foreign Countries; Neoliberalism; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Researcher; Forscher; Studentenforschung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article reports on my experiences as a novice researcher as I traverse the challenges of being a postgraduate international student while conducting fieldwork in my own country. While my research aimed to determine the strategies of five public elementary school principals who facilitated school turnaround and the political and economic factors that influenced their strategic decision-making, I will demonstrate how I found myself on the 'outside' as a researcher as I studied 'my own people' in 'my own context'. I discuss how I practised researcher reflexivity to deal with the challenges posed by being an outsider in the research processes characterised by my status as a postgraduate student studying abroad and a former private school teacher. I also consider how reflexivity was central to the critical lens that I used in my research to investigate the underlying political and economic factors that influence the phenomenon of school turnaround. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research. Division of Education, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: https://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01