Text and Context in Qualitative Educational Research: Discourse Analysis and the Problem of Contextual Explanation.

Gilbert, Rob

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ERIC Number: EJ459752

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Text and Context in Qualitative Educational Research: Discourse Analysis and the Problem of Contextual Explanation.

Gilbert, Rob

Linguistics and Education, v4 n1 p37-57 1992

Models of ethnographic research in education treat context in an arbitrary way, and the theory of language used is inadequate. However, a discourse analysis framework can be useful in improving qualitative research in education by relating accounts of specific sites and events to their social contexts. (27 references) (MSE)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Ethnography, Language Role, Linguistic Theory, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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