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Direct linkJennifer Sizer – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2025
This case study is based on original research adopting a textographic research approach. Textography combines both textual analysis and ethnography to investigate the texts, context, and practices of a specific discourse community. Textography can include ethnographic methods including but not limited to observations, documentary evidence, and/or…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Ethnography, Discourse Communities, Ethics
Peer reviewedKilburn, Daniel; Earley, Jonathan – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2015
This article presents an adaptation of established qualitative research methods for online focus groups by using the "Disqus" website-based commenting platform as a medium for discussion among doctoral and early-career academic learners. Facilities allowing Internet users to comment on the content of web pages are increasingly popular on…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Web Sites
Richmond, Gail; Manokore, Viola – Science Education, 2011
In this paper, we examined data collected as part of a 5-year project designed to foster reform-based urban science teaching through teachers' communities of inquiry. Drawing upon a distributed leadership framework, we analyzed teacher "talk" during professional learning community (PLC) meetings. This analysis yielded five elements:…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 1, Grade 4
Armstead, Cathleen L.; Bessell, Ann G.; Sembiante, Sabrina; Plaza, Miriam Pacheco – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
Despite the wealth of studies on smaller learning communities (SLCs), student voices are missing from the debate on high school reform. This article examines how students experience SLCs. A participatory research method, data-in-a-day was used to provide a systematic and inclusive method for gathering data on student perceptions. Data-in-a-day is…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
Developing the Physical Education Profession: New Teachers Learning within a Subject-Based Community
Keay, Jeanne – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2005
School-based professional development has been promoted by the government in England through its Continuing Professional Development Strategy (DfEE, 2001), however, the context and culture of the school in which the learning takes place is highly influential. Particularly important in teachers' professional development within secondary education…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Data Collection
