Journey to Ethnographic Research

This book describes a researcher's journey to carry out an ethnographic study. It serves as a tool to spread the use of ethnographic research, and to clarify the difficulties, challenges, solutions, and advantages ethnographic researchers encounter. The book describes how the various stops alon...

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Main Author: Shagrir, Leah,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2017.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 85 pages 3 illustrations) : online resource.
Series: SpringerBriefs in education.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Background: The Story of a Journey to Research
  • Introduction
  • what, why and where?
  • Program schedule
  • Allocations of university infrastructures and resources
  • Unique opportunities provided for study and research
  • Allocations on financial resources for research
  • Formal and non-formal activities
  • The Ethnographic Research
  • The role of the ethnographic researchers
  • Ethnographic interviews
  • Participant observation
  • Analysing findings in ethnographic research
  • Multiple Voices of Ethnographic Researcher
  • Introduction.-The voice of the teacher educator
  • Article: Professional development of the teacher educator: Orientations and motivations.
  • The voice of the ethnographic researcher
  • Article: Influences of teacher education institutions
  • on the professional characteristics of faculty members
  • The voice of a higher education faculty member
  • Article: How evaluation processes affect the professional
  • development of five teachers in higher education
  • The voice of the student
  • Summary and annotation
  • Summary, Insights, and After the Journey ...
  • References
  • Subject Index.