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Appendix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

Janet Ward Schofield
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University of Pittsburgh
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METHODOLOGY

The Research Team

In the past decade or so there has been increasingly wide acceptance of the idea that both the data generated in a research project and the conclusions drawn are to some extent influenced by the personal characteristics of the researchers involved, even in projects designed to minimize the impact of such characteristics (Phillips, 1990; Ratcliffe, 1983; Reinharz, 1992). For example, a researcher's disciplinary background clearly shapes the formulation of a problem, and researchers' gender and race often affect their access to certain kinds of information (Martin, 1978; Reinharz, 1992). Reactions to this realization have varied dramatically, especially among those engaged in the many forms of qualitative research. Some scholars, while acknowledging this situation, have sought to find ways to minimize its impact (Miles & Huberman, 1984). Others almost glory in it, arguing that this realization frees us from pernicious myths about objectivity (Roman & Apple, 1990). Although I am more closely aligned philosophically with the former position than the latter, I think it is useful for readers to know something about the background of those conducting the inquiry on which the book is based.

The core of the research team consisted of four individuals – the author of this book, who is a social psychologist; a postdoctoral fellow, who is an anthropologist; and two graduate students in social psychology. Three additional graduate students in anthropology participated either by conducting some of the student interviews or working on the content analysis of these interviews.

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  • Appendix
  • Janet Ward Schofield, University of Pittsburgh
  • Book: Computers and Classroom Culture
  • Online publication: 06 July 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571268.008
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  • Appendix
  • Janet Ward Schofield, University of Pittsburgh
  • Book: Computers and Classroom Culture
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  • Appendix
  • Janet Ward Schofield, University of Pittsburgh
  • Book: Computers and Classroom Culture
  • Online publication: 06 July 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571268.008
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