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Ethical research: reflections from three sites

I will be speaking more about research ethics in the coming month (and beyond!). In light of this, I am documenting some formative ethical experiences I have had and that, to some extent, still puzzle me. Perhaps befitting someone initially trained in anthropology and grounded theory, these examples stem from individual interactions I had ‘onContinueContinue reading “Ethical research: reflections from three sites”

Sharing research results with individual and community participants: ethical & practical considerations

This post represents joint work with the fabulous Mike Frick. It has been a long time coming–to my horror, I see that we first drafted this at end-December of 2010. It’s gone through a lot of iterations, trying to fit in this journal (for example, this working/submitted version here) or that rather than just gettingContinueContinue reading “Sharing research results with individual and community participants: ethical & practical considerations”

Intro to semi-structured interviewing: class planning

In this post, I share a teaching plan as I am returning after 20 (omg) years to facilitate one session of an undergrad Intro to Ethnography seminar course by the same prof who taught me. All of my first interviewing experiences, which took place in undergrad, were directly or indirectly through this professor: through aContinueContinue reading “Intro to semi-structured interviewing: class planning”

Of a lanthorne and light

Posting, with a few amendments, something on which my pop has been working, since I am not sure where and when else he will get it posted! From the van Gogh immersive experience (Dallas; September 2021) In England, evidently, hereditary surnames (as distinct from patronymics and other names that changed with each generation) were widespreadContinueContinue reading “Of a lanthorne and light”

Using the In-Service Teacher Training Survey Instrument (ITTSI)

I am currently using the In-Service Teacher Training Survey Instrument ( ITTSI ), by Evans et al., as a checklist for program details to include in a paper draft. I aim to include an appendix that runs through these details in a more succinct way, which has value for systematic review and other education programming reviews. ContinueContinue reading “Using the In-Service Teacher Training Survey Instrument (ITTSI)”

Country ownership: concept review and building

Work-in-progress! This is post was created as a commitment-device. It will support a paper (built on my thesis) I am working on. I will review existing literature (broadly defined) on the idea of country ownership. I will create a database of what I find, here. A chronological launch pad will be the Accra Agenda forContinueContinue reading “Country ownership: concept review and building”

Reporting qualitative work (with skeptical readers in mind)

Inspired by a referee report completed recently, I decided to share my thoughts on reporting qualitative results. These aren’t codified norms but they reflect my understanding of qualitative (largely interview and observation) data collection and analysis, and personal – but I think reasonable — preferences. By commenting on report writing, I am obliquely making commentsContinueContinue reading “Reporting qualitative work (with skeptical readers in mind)”

Addressing courtesy bias

I wrote this post for the IDinsight’s internal blog but I decided to share it here to encourage contributions. It will be great for people will weigh in with tactics they have tried! Please share in the comments your experiences with courtesy bias and the tactics you have used (seemingly successful and unsuccessful) — includingContinueContinue reading “Addressing courtesy bias”

Daily(ish) debriefs during qualitative work

I miss being conducting interviews and data collection myself. One does get priced out of doing the things one likes! One way that I remain connected to the research is by conducting frequent debriefs during the data collection (and early analysis phase). Debriefing isn’t just self-serving; it improves the quality of qualitative data collected andContinueContinue reading “Daily(ish) debriefs during qualitative work”

A brief history of jerrycans

Thanks to dissertation-writing procrastination a few years ago, I watched all eight series of Foyle’s War in an absurdly short amount of time. This–perhaps embarrassingly–is how I became familiar with WWII (and probably WWI) slang, such as calling Americans ‘Tommies’ and Germans ‘Jerries’ (the reasons behind German nickname are a point of speculation). Perhaps thisContinueContinue reading “A brief history of jerrycans”