3. Research Genre: Ethnography
Description:
Creswell (2014) says
ethnography is “a qualitative strategy
in which the researcher studies an
intact cultural group in a natural
setting over a prolonged period of
time by collecting primarily
observational and interview data” (p.
242).
4. Overview of data collection
Creswell (2014) provides a framework
for research (p. 5).
5. Overview of Data Collection
and Data Analysis
Marshall
and Rossman (2011) say that
ethnography is “derived from anthropology
and qualitative sociology” (p. 19). Data
collection can be accomplished through
documentation, archival
records, interviews, direct
observations, participant observations, and
physical artifacts (Yin, 2014).
6. Overview of Data Collection
and Data Analysis
Of
direction observations, Yin (2014) says
the strength of those observations is that
they are completed in real time and are
contextual. Two difficulties of
ethnographic data analysis are the time
consuming aspect and broad coverage
needed, which is challenging without a
team (Yin, 2014).
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12. Benefits
New
interpretations can be made from
ethnographic research as the scope can be
expanded, lesser data sets can be pooled
with bigger sets of data, and more
encompassing themes can be established
(Chang, Hayter & Wu, 2010).
13. Challenges
Some
ethical predicaments can arise in
ethnographic research fieldwork (Marshall
& Rossman, 2011). This research genre can
also be very time consuming and require
multiple researchers (Yin, 2014).
14. References
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Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hornberger, N. (2009). Hyme’s linguistics and ethnography in education. Text & Talk, 29(3), 347-358.
Jamal, F., Fletcher, A., Harden, A., Wells, H., Thomas, J., & Bonell, C. (2013). The school
environment and student health: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative
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Marshall, C., & Rossman, G. (2011). Designing qualitative research, fifth edition. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
Savin-Baden, M., & Major, C. (2006). Using interpretative meta-ethnography to explore the
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