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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and "The Visual" in Research: Exploring the Ontological Consequences of the Use of Visual Methods
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O'Brien, Mark; Varga-Atkins, Tunde; Umoquit, Muriah; Tso, Peggy – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
This article addresses the under-theorization of visual techniques for social science research applications through the cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). The "problem" of "the visual" in research is given an ontological framing by highlighting the ways in which the use of visual techniques as research tools--designed to elicit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Social Science Research, Theories
From Drawings to Diagrams: Maintaining Researcher Control during Graphic Elicitation in Qualitative Interviews
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Varga-Atkins, Tunde; O'Brien, Mark – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2009
Graphic elicitation, i.e. asking participants to draw, is an interview technique used to focus the interviewee on the given topic or gain extra meaning not covered verbally as part of the interview. This study analyses two interview contexts which included visual elicitation. It describes a successful example in which the researcher maintained…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Researchers, Interviews, Freehand Drawing