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A reflexive account on my positionality in a collaborative action research project in a Seychelles secondary school
Jemma SimeonThe paper is based on a doctoral action research project in which three ESL teachers and the author in one secondary school in the Seychelles focused on strategy instruction in…
Evaluating the audio-diary method in qualitative research
Iain Williamson, Dawn Leeming, Steven Lyttle, Sally JohnsonAudio-diary methods are under-utilised in contemporary qualitative research. The purpose of this paper is to discuss participants and researchers’ experiences of using…
Conducting semi-structured interviews with the Vietnamese
Thi Quynh Trang NguyenThe purpose of this paper is to discuss several cultural and psychological aspects that the author experienced in the interview fieldwork with Vietnamese and the strategies to…
Embracing participation in mental health research: conducting authentic interviews
Paul Morrison, Norman Jay StomskiSuccessful interviews are underpinned by several important processes that researchers must take account of. These include: understanding the meaning of participation in research…
In the shadow of deception: Ethical dilemma, positionality, and reflexivity in ethnographic fieldwork
Mario LiongThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems and potential of conducting ethnographic research among people with ideologies that are opposed by the researcher and the…
Reflection-in-action in cross-language qualitative research
Erika C. PiazzoliThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on reflective practice as a qualitative methodology, and reflection-in-action as a modus operandi to engage with the artistry of…
Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings
Sally BrownThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the experiences of conducting focus groups amongst acquaintances in naturally occurring settings, where participants were known to each…
Behind closed doors: negotiating the Ethical Borgs in qualitative inquiry
Marcelle Cacciattolo, Mark Vicars, Tarquam McKennaThe Ethical Borgs are a fictional panel of a set of people who have the task of attending to the manner in which research “should” occur. The scenario is a series of…
ISSN:
1443-9883e-ISSN:
1448-0980ISSN-L:
1443-9883Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Mark Vicars