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Fieldwork in educational settings : methods, pitfalls and perspectives / Sara Delamont.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (ix, 203 pages.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315758831 (electronic bk.)
  • 1315758830 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 370.72 23
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Contents:
1. For lust of knowing: introduction to the scope and purpose of the book -- 2. Tales, marvellous tales: recognizing good fieldwork and reading wisely -- 3. Beyond that last blue mountain: impediments to good fieldwork and how to overcome them -- 4. Manuscripts in peacock styles: writing diaries, data and text -- 5. Gnawing the nail of hurry: choosing the topic, setting and problem -- 6. Sweet to ride forth: gaining access and recording the process -- 7. Beauty and bright faith: early days in the field and how to record them -- 8. Spikenard, mastic and terebinth: varieties of data collected and recorded -- 9. Seek not excess: maintaining relationships in the field -- 10. Leaving the dim-moon city of delight: terminating your fieldwork -- 11. Beauty lives though lilies die: analysing and theorizing -- 12. For glory or for gain: producing the thesis or book -- 13. Always a little further: the conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index.

1. For lust of knowing: introduction to the scope and purpose of the book -- 2. Tales, marvellous tales: recognizing good fieldwork and reading wisely -- 3. Beyond that last blue mountain: impediments to good fieldwork and how to overcome them -- 4. Manuscripts in peacock styles: writing diaries, data and text -- 5. Gnawing the nail of hurry: choosing the topic, setting and problem -- 6. Sweet to ride forth: gaining access and recording the process -- 7. Beauty and bright faith: early days in the field and how to record them -- 8. Spikenard, mastic and terebinth: varieties of data collected and recorded -- 9. Seek not excess: maintaining relationships in the field -- 10. Leaving the dim-moon city of delight: terminating your fieldwork -- 11. Beauty lives though lilies die: analysing and theorizing -- 12. For glory or for gain: producing the thesis or book -- 13. Always a little further: the conclusions.

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