Observer Role and Field Study Knowledge--An Essay Review of Usable Knowledge and SAFARI I.

Smith, Louis M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ250617

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Publication Date: 1981

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Observer Role and Field Study Knowledge--An Essay Review of Usable Knowledge and SAFARI I.

Smith, Louis M.; And Others

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v3 n3 p83-90 May-Jun 1981

A synthesis is presented of the work of Lindblom and Cohen, MacDonald and Walker, and the current authors. The synthesis considers issues in the usefulness of social science theory and research, and how observer roles in qualitative field studies yield multiple kinds of usable knowledge to a variety of audiences. (Author/BW)

Descriptors: Audiences, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnography, Observation, Perspective Taking, Research Utilization, Role Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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