The Return of the Native: The Blurred Boundaries of Insider/Outsider Research in an English Secondary School

Autor/in	Perryman, Jane
Titel	The Return of the Native: The Blurred Boundaries of Insider/Outsider Research in an English Secondary School
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 24 (2011) 7, S.857-874 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2010.529842
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Research Methodology; Secondary Schools; Urban Schools; Inspection; Case Studies; Ethnography; Interviews; Educational Researchers; Role; Participation; Confidentiality; Interpersonal Relationship; Familiarity; Power Structure; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Sekundarschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Prüfverfahren; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Rollen; Teilnahme; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland
Abstract	This paper outlines the methodological issues I faced during my research as a "returning native" in an English secondary school. The empirical research took the form of a three-year case study and used some ethnographic methods, as it comprised interviews carried out over a period of three academic years in the school in which I was once employed as a teacher. I was also given the opportunity to work in the school as a consultant in the lead-up to and during its Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OfSTED) inspection. This enabled me to conduct interviews, observe, interact in informal conversations and participate in the inspection week. In this paper I explore the unique role of the insider-researcher, or returning native. Not only was this a school in which I had previously worked, but actually participating in the inspection added new layers of complex loyalty. (Contains 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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