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An Arts-Based and Duoethnographic Exploration of Vulnerability through Family and Profession. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Aaron Bodle; Cheri Beverly; Jane Thall – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
During the summer of 2013, four faculty members conceived of a project to explore diversity through a different approach. The project would include two phases: an arts-based mixed-medium phase and a duoethnography phase. A duoethnography consists of intentional, critical conversations between two or more co-researchers to explore a concept or…
Descriptors: Art, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Family (Sociological Unit)
Capturing Classroom Learning: Using Multiple Methods in a Contemporary Classroom. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Owen Barden – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study describes how I used multiple methods to investigate learning in a classroom where I was also the teacher. Any classroom contains a lot of interconnected activity, and a lot of learning these days is mediated through computers and other digital devices. I explain how and why I used multiple methods to develop a vivid, rich, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Researchers, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Group Work and Interviews with Teachers, Parents, and Children: Relationships and Parental Involvement in Nursery Education. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Nicola Smith – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This PhD research project involved working with parents, teachers, and children in two nursery classes. I was interested in finding out how individuals perceived the idea of parental involvement in their children's nursery education, with a view to improving practice in this area. In carrying out the research, I had to think carefully about…
Descriptors: Preschools, Preschool Education, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Understanding the Exploration of Leadership in Subject Teams: A Mixed-Methods Approach. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Manuj Kumar Gokul – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 2007, I embarked on what turned out to be a 6-year-long PhD study that examined the leadership of teaching and learning through advice and information in school subject teams. Previous research had focused predominantly on formally designated leaders and their interactions with followers in informal contexts. My study focused on both formal and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Research Projects, Case Studies
Constructing Creative Non-fiction: Telling Teachers' Stories about Being Observed. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Ursula Edgington – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
In 2010, a PhD scholarship afforded me an interruption from my teaching role in UK Further Education (FE). Because of my interests in enhancing teaching and learning, I chose to investigate the emotional aspects of lesson observations. Previous studies focused on lesson observations within schools or universities, but my research centred…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Creative Activities, Nonfiction, Story Telling
Stop, Look, Listen: Data in a Day. Listening to Student Voices Self-Study Toolkit. [Videotape].
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 2000
This 18-minute VHS videotape introduces Data in a Day (DD), a tool that brings parents, teachers, and students together as researchers to collect and analyze data about their school. It shows scenes of DD being used in diverse school settings (elementary, secondary, dual-language, rural, urban, and suburban) as a way for a broad segment of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation