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Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjork; Brock-Utne, Birgit – Educational Action Research, 2010
In this article we illustrate how the piloting process has influenced two widely different studies within the educational sciences. These studies differ in design but have as a common denominator that they used piloting methods in their preparatory process. They are also similar in the intention of the main researchers of conducting research with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
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Rye, Johan Fredrik – Journal of Rural Studies, 2006
Following the cultural turn within the social sciences, recent debates on how to conceptualise "the rural" have focused on "rurality" as a phenomenon produced by processes of social construction. This paper presents an empirical account of the outcome of these social construction processes through an analysis of how teenagers…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Data Collection
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Lieblein, G.; Francis, C. A.; Salomonsson, L.; Sriskandarajah, N. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1999
A Ph.D. course in ecological agriculture included a weeklong intensive workshop and individual research projects. The course demonstrated the usefulness of multiple approaches to learning research methods and perspectives and increased networking among researchers. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Doctoral Programs, Ecology, Educational Cooperation