TY - JOUR
T1 - Problematising researcher-respondent relations through an exploration of communicative stance
AU - Lefstein, Adam
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - To what extent and in what ways should researchers share their views with research participants during ethnographic fieldwork? This article discusses the author's experience of adopting different communicative stances with respondents in the context of an ethnographic study of the enactment of the English National Literacy Strategy in a 'failing' primary school. A commonly accepted communicative stance in ethnography, according to which the researcher avoids disclosure of his or her own views, is problematised; and the potential advantages and disadvantages of feedback as a research tool are explored.
AB - To what extent and in what ways should researchers share their views with research participants during ethnographic fieldwork? This article discusses the author's experience of adopting different communicative stances with respondents in the context of an ethnographic study of the enactment of the English National Literacy Strategy in a 'failing' primary school. A commonly accepted communicative stance in ethnography, according to which the researcher avoids disclosure of his or her own views, is problematised; and the potential advantages and disadvantages of feedback as a research tool are explored.
KW - Communicative stance
KW - Ethnographic fieldwork
KW - Participatory research
KW - Reflexivity
KW - Researcher-respondent relations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960645103&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17457821003768489
DO - 10.1080/17457821003768489
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AN - SCOPUS:79960645103
SN - 1745-7823
VL - 5
SP - 81
EP - 96
JO - Ethnography and Education
JF - Ethnography and Education
IS - 1
ER -