Formal Investigation

delimitation proposal

Definition of the problem
In the problematic line for research, the role of theory

its
formal explanatory or prescriptive positive statute, its complex relationship with experience

the subject, the emergence of other theoretical bodies from the confrontation,

the criteria
relative truthfulness of theorems that usually translate into certainty This proposition guides the same approaches to
research and is based on the constructivist strategy.

that
hinder reflection and critical analysis, work criteria that can be supported

the logic of theoretical discourses and
the changing character of reality.

Access and explain real events, forwards
immediately to specificity.

efinition of Research Techniques The problem refers to the impossibility for teachers to combine their role
with research:

overcoming difficulties, resignifying research from the
perspective of raising educational

start of the investigation

Initial Interview and Presentation

Although observation constitutes the heart of pure ethnography, most of the
Educational

work has been based primarily on interviews.

This is often the only way to discover what the visions of the different

people and to collect information about certain events and problems, but
it is also a means of making

things happen and stimulating the flow of data.

Without

However, interviews should be used in conjunction with other methods and that interviews

ethnographic

interviews by themselves have a rather special character, somewhat akin to the
participant observation

As with the method, before any consideration of form and technique,

We must consider the person and position of the ethnographer, for the key to the success of the
The interview rests precisely on this.

The main personal attributes required in interviews are:
same as in other aspects of the investigation

and they always revolve around the
confidence, curiosity and naturalness.

Nobody talks just to anyone. For
Therefore, as in the case of observation, there are implicit questions of access,

Field Analysis

Field notes should not include only descriptions of what happens in a
stage, but also a record of feelings,

Intervening Dimensions interpretations, intuitions,
researcher preconceptions and future areas of inquiry.

These comments
Subjective data should be clearly distinguished from descriptive data by using

Those trained in objective observation may find it difficult to accept
observer's feelings and interpretations as an important

immerse the role of the other person and to see things from their point of view.

But as a participant on stage and as a member of society

and global culture the researcher is likely to share many feelings and

perspectives with people on a stage.

By the way observers should
learn to identify with the informants,

to have vicariously their experiences and to
share their sufferings and joys.

Distance yourself from subjective feelings
It is equivalent to refusing to

What we feel may be what the informants feel or perhaps felt
in the past.

Set of Questions

In some moments when the mass of data incorporated into the field notes,
transcripts,

ocuments, to be ordered with a certain systematicity, in
general through classification and categorization.

At an elementary level, this is
it simply applies to your own data.

At this stage there may be no training
of concepts, import or discoveries of theory

The goal is to give the material a shape that is conducive to these ends,

The first step is to identify the most important categories, which, in turn,