This doesn’t feel right: selecting a site for school-based ethnography

Louisa Willoughby

doi:10.4324/9781315628875-3

This doesn’t feel right: selecting a site for school-based ethnography

Louisa Willoughby

Linguistics

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Abstract

This chapter explores the choices I made when choosing between multiple potential field sites. It tells the story of how I came to realise that a particular school was not going to work as a research site despite its promising early indications. In deciding on research sites, I discuss the importance of a champion to support you in the research site and the benefits of finding a legitimate role in the school community.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Doing Research within Communities
Subtitle of host publication	Stories and Lessons from Language and Education Field Research
Editors	Kerry Taylor-Leech, Donna Starks
Place of Publication	Abingdon Oxon UK
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	3
Pages	22-29
Number of pages	8
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315628875
ISBN (Print)	9781138852679, 9781138852686
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315628875-3
Publication status	Published - 2016

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This doesn’t feel right : selecting a site for school-based ethnography. / Willoughby, Louisa.

Doing Research within Communities: Stories and Lessons from Language and Education Field Research. ed. / Kerry Taylor-Leech; Donna Starks. 1st. ed. Abingdon Oxon UK : Routledge, 2016. p. 22-29.

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