Voice of the Researcher: Extending the Limits of What Counts as Research

Autor/in	Quaye, Stephen John
Titel	Voice of the Researcher: Extending the Limits of What Counts as Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Research Practice, 3 (2007) 1, (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1712-851X
Schlagwörter	Writing Research; Graduate Students; Research Methodology; Personal Narratives; Social Science Research; Heuristics; Quasiexperimental Design; Research Problems; Experimenter Characteristics; Phenomenology; Cultural Relevance; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibforschung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Erlebniserzählung; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Heuristik; Forschungskritik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie
Abstract	Social sciences research is entrenched with particular values, beliefs, norms, and practices that students, faculty, and researchers reproduce over time. In this article, the author argues for extending what counts as research within the social sciences to be more inclusive of differing methodologies and writing genres. Using personal narrative, diaries, and poetry, the author demonstrates unconventional ways of thinking about, doing, and writing research. He situates his personal experiences as a Ghanaian/American student within relevant literature to illuminate the merging of his home cultural values with those of the academic community and the contradictions and struggles associated with this process. Ultimately, the story portrays the journey of a graduate student as he challenges traditional research norms to open up spaces for underrepresented students to feel more at home within academe. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10