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2013 | 9 | 1(20) | 68-75

Article title

Can I just observe: Reflection on the role of the researcher in ethnography with young children

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Abstracts

EN
This paper analyses the complexity of the researcher’s role in ethnographic research with young children. As an inexperienced researcher, the author constantly felt the pressure from the intense emphasis on objectivity in early childhood research. This paper attempts to show that the engagement of self, including emotional engagement, moral involvement, and professional responsibilities in the process of research is far outside the objectivity arena. In relation to observations of young children, ethical conflicts and moral dilemmas continue to remain, and the researcher’s emotionality is strongly involved. While arguing the inappropriateness of objectivity in early childhood research, the paper reveals why the researcher had to conform to the conventional objectivity debate.

Year

Volume

9

Issue

Pages

68-75

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published
2013

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  • School of Education, University of Roehampton (UK)

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Publication order reference

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ISSN
1734-1582

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-c08cd1a1-1bc5-4f16-ab63-350f04677989
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