TY - JOUR
T1 - Second-order theoretical analysis of observations
T2 - Data analysis through the study of Dilemmas
AU - Shkedi, Asher
AU - Harel, Miri
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - This paper explains the principles and procedures of second-order theoretical analysis of observation data. The second-order theoretical procedure is illustrated by analysis of the student-teachers seminar on the subject of the Holocaust, focusing on dilemmas of Holocaust survivors. Analysing observational data allows two distinctive method of analysis: first-order analysis and second-order analysis. Firstorder analysis of observation is a process based on the direct descriptions and explanations of the informants who participated in the observed event. Second-order theoretical analysis of observation is used when we cannot construct a full description and explanation of the observed event directly from the informants. While the data gathered from participants indeed focus on the informants, they are not accompanied by their direct descriptions and explanations. Second-order theoretical analysis is used to analyse the data we collected on and from our informants which contain valuable indicators suggesting a possible theoretical explanation with the potential to express the informants' worlds. The paper suggests procedures for verifying the trustworthiness of descriptions, explanations and theory derived from observation.
AB - This paper explains the principles and procedures of second-order theoretical analysis of observation data. The second-order theoretical procedure is illustrated by analysis of the student-teachers seminar on the subject of the Holocaust, focusing on dilemmas of Holocaust survivors. Analysing observational data allows two distinctive method of analysis: first-order analysis and second-order analysis. Firstorder analysis of observation is a process based on the direct descriptions and explanations of the informants who participated in the observed event. Second-order theoretical analysis of observation is used when we cannot construct a full description and explanation of the observed event directly from the informants. While the data gathered from participants indeed focus on the informants, they are not accompanied by their direct descriptions and explanations. Second-order theoretical analysis is used to analyse the data we collected on and from our informants which contain valuable indicators suggesting a possible theoretical explanation with the potential to express the informants' worlds. The paper suggests procedures for verifying the trustworthiness of descriptions, explanations and theory derived from observation.
KW - dilemmas
KW - evaluation
KW - observation
KW - observation analysis
KW - qualitative research
KW - secondorder theoretical analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877806640&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09500790408668316
DO - 10.1080/09500790408668316
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AN - SCOPUS:84877806640
SN - 0950-0790
VL - 18
SP - 158
EP - 178
JO - Evaluation and Research in Education
JF - Evaluation and Research in Education
IS - 3
ER -