The getting of access : the trials and tribulations of the novice researcher

In many fields and in education in particular, researchers, such as teachers, are inclined to believe that because they are enmeshed in the field or have good relationships with students, issues of politics, power and status will exert minimal influence and that access to the field will be smooth an...

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Published inIssues in educational research Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 85 - 102
Main Authors Taylor, Anthea, Millei, Zsuzsa, Partridge, Lee, Rodriguez, Lynette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Perth Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc 01.04.2004
Subjects
Access to Information
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Case studies
Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Creativity
Doctoral Programs
Education
Educational Research
Educational researchers
Entry Workers
Ethics
Ethnography
Experimenter characteristics
Field research
Field Studies
Graduate Students
Handbooks
Interpersonal Relationship
Interprofessional Relationship
Males
Novices
Open Universities
Persistence
Politics of Education
Pragmatics
Principals
Qualitative Research
Research Design
Research Methodology
Research problems
Research Projects
Researcher subject relationship
Researchers
Role
School Psychologists
Schools
Student Research
Students
Teacher Education Programs
Teacher researchers
Australia
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Summary:In many fields and in education in particular, researchers, such as teachers, are inclined to believe that because they are enmeshed in the field or have good relationships with students, issues of politics, power and status will exert minimal influence and that access to the field will be smooth and unproblematic. In this paper, three doctoral students with varying degrees of insider status, working in the Australian context, reflect on the rocky journeys they experienced obtaining and maintaining access to field sites. The authors argue that despite a body of literature addressing this issue, many of the commonly used texts devoted to educational research do not adequately tackle the subject. The novice researcher often remains unsuspecting and under prepared for the range and depth of difficulties encountered in the process of gaining access. The question is posed, what might be the role of the academy in preparing researchers? [Author abstract]
Bibliography:Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references.
Issues in Educational Research; v.14 n.1 p.85-102; April 2004
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