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Recontextualizing Observation: Ethnography, Pedagogy, and the Prospects for a Progressive Political Agenda.
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This article characterized observation as the fundamental base of all research methods in the social and behavioral sciences and characterized it as "the mainstay of the ethnographic enterprise" (Werner & Schoepfle, 1987, p. 257).Abstract:
Observation has been characterized as “the fundamental base of all research methods” in the social and behavioral sciences (Adler & Adler, 1994, p. 389) and as “the mainstay of the ethnographic enterprise” (Werner & Schoepfle, 1987, p. 257). Even studies that rely mainly on interviewing as a data collection technique employ observational methods to note body language and other gestural cues that lend meaning to the words of the persons being interviewed. Social scientists areread more
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Power, care and knowledge: The co-construction of 'good mothering' in interactions between low-income mothers and child and family health nurses
TL;DR: The authors explored how good mothering is negotiated and constructed between low-income mothers and child and family health nurses and found that nurses' professional expertise and authority formed the basis of the relationships.
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International Student Teaching: A Transformational Experience
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe an international student teacher exchange program between the University of North Texas and University of Seville (Spain) and reflect on the effects of the experience on a Spanish preservice teacher and his mentor teacher in Texas.
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Challenging behaviour and inclusion in a secondary school: Perceptions, policies and practices
TL;DR: The authors investigated the experiences and perceptions of pupils and staff regarding challenging behaviour and inclusion in a mainstream secondary school and found that children whose behaviour is seen as challenging are 'othered' by staff and students alike, who place limits on inclusion and advocate an exclusionary approach to addressing indiscipline.
Institutional Racism and Individual Agency: A Case Study using Foucault's Disciplinary Power Critical Social Work 15(1)
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of one social worker's efforts to address racism in her organization is presented, which is a unique understanding of institutional racism that considers the dynamic interactions between institutional constraints and individual agency.
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Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook
TL;DR: This book presents a step-by-step guide to making the research results presented in reports, slideshows, posters, and data visualizations more interesting, and describes how coding initiates qualitative data analysis.
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Learning in the Field: An Introduction to Qualitative Research
TL;DR: This chapter discusses Qualitative Research as Learning as Learning, the role of the researcher as Learner, and major Qualitative research Genres.
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The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach
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TL;DR: A rich ethnography of Internet use is presented in this article, which offers a sustained account not just of being online, but of the social, political and cultural contexts which account for the contemporary Internet experience.
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Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
TL;DR: The Foundations of Social Research Anthropology and the Experimental Method Sampling Choosing Research Problems, Sites and Methods The Literature Search as mentioned in this paper Part Two: COLLECTING DATA Participant Observation Taking and Managing Field Notes Unstructured and Semistructured Interviewing Structured Interviewed Questionnaires and Survey Research Direct, Reactive Observation Unobtrusive Observation Part Three: ANALYZING Data Qualitative Analysis Coding and Codebooks for Quantitative Data Univariate Statistics Describing a Variable Bivariate Analysis Testing Relationships Multivariate Analysis