Module Four: Establishing Your Identity as a Field Researcher

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Module Four: Establishing Your Identity as a Field Researcher :

Module Four: Establishing Your Identity as a Field Researcher

Your Stance:

Your Stance Complete Observer? Participant-as-Observer? Complete Participant? Observer-as-Participant? Research Partners?

Methodologies:

Methodologies Fieldnotes Interviews Maps Organizational Charts Flow Charts Shadowing Notes Write-Aloud Protocol Writing Artifacts Published Accounts Surveys

Thick Description:

Thick Description Appeal to the senses Ethnography and the fiction writer Avoid editorializing Level of detail

Memo To File:

Memo To File Progress Report What have you done? What are your initial impressions? What remains to be done? How is the process going?

Potential Research Problems:

Potential Research Problems Problems with subjects Problems with employers Losing data Staying organized Do no harm

Questions?:

Questions? ?????????