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,