Fieldwork in Educational Settings
Methods, Pitfalls and Perspectives
Published on 2. January 1992
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-85000-956-6 (ISBN)
Description
A practical, non-sexist guide to doing qualitative research in educational settings. Using both sociological and anthropological perspectives, the book places emphasis on writing up the research and getting the project finished.
Reviews / Votes
'Never disappointing, this is definitely a book to be read, re-read, dipped into and, what is more, used in the field.' - EscalateMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-956-6 (9781850009566)
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Schweitzer Classification
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New editions
Book
12/2001
2nd Edition
Routledge Falmer
€147.06
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Additional editions
Book
01/1992
Routledge Falmer
€44.75
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Content
The golden journey; do you really want to do qualitative research?; for lust of knowing - introduction to the scope and purpose of the book; tales, marvellous tales - recognizing good fieldwork and how to overcome them; beyond that last blue mountain - impediments to good fieldwork and how to oovercome them; manuscript in peacock styles - writing diaries, data and texts; gnawing the nail of hurry - choosing the topic, setting and problem; sweet to ride forth - gaining access and recording the process; beauty and bright faith - early days in the field and how to record them; spikenard, mastic and terebinth - varieties of data collected and recorded; seek not excess - maintaining relationships in the field; leaving the dim-moon city of delight - terminating your fieldwork; beauty lives through lilies die - analyzing and theorizing; for glory of for gain - producing the thesis of book always a little further - the conclusions.