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Problematising researcher-respondent relations through exploration of communicative stance

Lefstein, Adam; (2010) Problematising researcher-respondent relations through exploration of communicative stance. Ethnography and Education , 5 (1) pp. 81-96. Green open access

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Abstract

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 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.

Type: Article
Title: Problematising researcher-respondent relations through exploration of communicative stance
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Additional information: This is an electronic version of an article published in Lefstein, Adam (2010) Problematising researcher-respondent relations through exploration of communicative stance. Ethnography and Education, 5 (1). pp. 81-96. Ethnography and Education is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/17457821003768489
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10001572
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