Doing research within communities : stories and lessons from language and education field research / edited by Kerry Taylor-Leech and Donna Starks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor-Leech, Kerry, editor.

Starks, Donna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Language and languages.

Language and education--Social aspects--Research.

Language and education.

Metropolitan areas--Social aspects--Research.

Metropolitan areas.

Metropolitan areas--Social aspects.

Research.

Language and education--Social aspects.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xv, 180 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Doing Research within Communities provides real-life examples of field research projects in language and education, offering an overview of research processes and solutions to the common challenges faced by researchers in the field. This unique book contains personal research narratives from 16 different and varied fieldwork projects, providing advice and guidance to the reader through example rather than instruction and enabling the reader to discover connections with the storyteller and gain insights into their own research journey. This book: provides advice, practical guidance and support for engaging with a community as a research site; covers the real-life theoretical, ethical and practical issues faced by researchers, such as language choice in multilingual communities, and the insider/outsider status of the researcher; discusses challenges posed by a variety of mono - and multilingual settings, from remote island communities to large urban areas;, includes research from across the Asia-Pacific area, including Australia, New Zealand and East Timor, and also the US. Doing Research within Communities is essential reading for early career researchers and graduate students undertaking fieldwork within communities. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Doing research within communities: Strands within and across the narratives / Kerry Taylor-Leech Taylor-Leech, Kerry, Donna Starks Starks, Donna 1

2 Human rights: Journeys start with experiences / Pandora Petrovska Petrovska, Pandora 13

3 This doesn't feci right: Selecting a site for school-based ethnography / Louisa Willoughby Willoughby, Louisa 22

4 Challenges in conducting ethical classroom-based research across cultures / Richard J. Sampson Sampson, Richard J. 30

5 What happens when a community withdraws? Managing relationships with an Indigenous community / Arapera Ngaha Ngaha, Arapera 39

6 Labeling community and language / Kara Tukuitonga Tukuitonga, Kara, Donna Starks Starks, Donna, Jason Brown Brown, Jason

7 Taking an interest: Competence in and affiliations with the expected languages of schooling / Fiona Willans Willans, Fiona 57

8 Navigating the multilingual field: Language choice and sociolinguistic fieldwork / Kerry Taylor-Leech Taylor-Leech, Kerry, Danielle Boon Boon, Danielle 66

9 Interpreter-mediated data collection: Experiences of talking to migrants through interpreters / George Major Major, George, Beth Zielinski Zielinski, Beth 76

10 Being a part of and working with an overlooked linguistic community / Genevieve Leung Leung, Genevieve 86

11 Building relationships with whanau to develop effective supports for Maori Deaf children / Kirsten Smiler Smiler, Kirsten 96

12 Establishing connections: A tale of two communities / Ilana Mushin Mushin, Ilana, Rod Gardner Gardner, Rod 105

13 Multiplexity in sign language research / Rachel McKee McKee, Rachel 115

14 Engaging with communities and languages in multilingual urban settings / John Hajek Hajek, John 124

15 Imagined linguistic identity: Reflections on an interview / Loy Using Using, Loy 133

16 Becoming an adopted insider: A researcher's journey / Judith Kearney Kearney, Judith 142

17 The narrative journey: Adapting research design to capture the voice of the community / Anikó Hatoss Hatoss, Anikó 151

18 Doing Research within Communities: Connecting practice to theory / Dinna Starks Starks, Dinna, Taylor-Leech Kerry Kerry, Taylor-Leech 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138852679

1138852678

9781138852686

1138852686

OCLC:

923794437