ERIC Number: EJ1247942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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The Only Way Is Ethics: Methodological Considerations for a Working-Class Academic
Ethnography and Education, v15 n2 p254-266 2020
Ethnography as a methodological approach presents the fieldworker with many ethical crossroads throughout the research process. This is because of the unique position that ethnographers find themselves in, the environments that they research and the relationships which are formed. This paper presents four confessional vignettes from a broader ethnographic research project that illuminate the underside of fieldwork, and how the author dealt with a number of difficulties and dilemmas in the field as a working-class academic. Fieldwork was undertaken in a Welsh (UK) secondary school for one full academic year, and the paper argues that researcher identity must be remain fluid so that successful field relations are established and maintained. The paper concludes that researchers must think intersectionally about their endeavours and to also consider how one's own social baggage might impact upon the research process.
Descriptors: Ethics, College Faculty, Working Class, Field Studies, Ethnography, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Vignettes, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Emotional Response, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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