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The assistant district attorney: a participant observation perspective.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1973. M.S.
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The Process of Educational Innovation: A Participant Observation Analysis
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More than simply "hanging out": The nature of participant observation and research relationships
<p>Participant observation is a research activity used in qualitative inquiry, particularly ethnography, where the aim is to understand the meanings and experiences of social actors. Researchers employing this activity take part in people's lives as a way of learning about them and their culture, …
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Participant Observation Study of a Fourth Grade Music Classroom (Case Study, Evaluation, Elementary, Qualitative)
This observation of a fourth grade music classroom was conducted with a three-fold purpose: (1) to describe the context and process of music instruction during a semester; (2) to document the musical development of four randomly selected subjects as they underwent instruction; and (3) to evaluate …
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Student violence and school practice : experiences of a lower secondary male student using the methodology of participant observation
School experiences are said to be a preparation for life. The experience of violence perpetrated against a male student over a period of years has resulted in wide reaching implications for him, his family, the perpetrators, his peer group and school staff. This case study examines the experiences …
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Conducting a Randomised Experiment in Eight English Prisons: A Participant Observation Study of Testing the Sycamore Tree Programme
This dissertation is a participant observer’s account of implementing a multisite, randomised controlled trial within Her Majesty’s Prison Service. It adds to a scarce literature detailing the steps involved in implementing experiments in custodial settings by providing a candid account of the …
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A participant observation study of the feasibility of enhancing student-teacher supervision procedures using Flanders' Interaction Analysis Categories
… and within that, in the approach known as Participant Observation. The language of the classroom is chosen as the means whereby classroom practices can be investigated. A detailed account is provided of a full sequence of clinical supervision, and use is made of complete lesson and …
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A Case Study of the Leadership Program at Andrews University: its Origins and Early Development as Reflected in Documents and Relics, Participant and Faculty Interviews, and Participant-Observation, 1994-2003
… into the program and the experiences of participants, faculty, and staff involved in the program during those years.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. Using a case-study approach, I have examined the conceptual development and procedural evolution of the Leadership Program at Andrews University …
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An Ethnography of Taste: Craft Beer Culture in Hattiesburg
… to this culture? Beyond conducting classic participant-observation, I deployed the method of sensory activated participant-observation in my fieldwork. In so doing, this research centers the perspective and the data collected on the senses, especially the taste of craft beer. The purpose of …
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A Study of Teacher Education Students' Personal Constructs About Children (Repertory Grid)
… in this study concerned the impact of an early participant/observation field experience on the thinking of freshmen students enrolled in teacher education. The first year of the teacher education program required students to work in an elementary school classroom over a six-month period, …
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In the realm of the Kob Kings : rethinking knowledges and dialogue in a small-scale fishery
… from seven months of ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation conducted in the small-scale commercial handline fishery of Stilbaai, this dissertation examines and rethinks knowledges in a bid to open dialogue between experts (academic researchers, fisheries managers and fishers). The …
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Are You Really There? The Mediatized Experience of the 21st Century Concert-Goer
… venue. The combination of a content analysis, participant observation, and interview analysis, examined qualitatively and quantitatively, found that the cellphone has become a standard accessory to concert attendance. Not only has the cellphone become standard, it has forever changed the way we …
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Premium blend : a polysemic approach to contemporary problems in public radio
… rhetorical criticism, a member survey, and participant observation. First, a critical review of the audience research literature and the electronic discussions of public radio professionals revealed the discursive struggles concerning mission, service, community, and audience. Second, a …
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Consumer satisfaction and dis-satisfaction with long-haul inclusive tours
… tour operators in Britain was followed by a participant observation case study on a long-haul tour of Malaysia and Singapore. A three-way perspective was sought on CS/D - from management, consumer service personnel and consumers. An interpretative framework, which synthesises the description …
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The Vernacular of Whiteness: The Racial Position of Asian and Asian Americans in Upholding the U.S. as a White Supremacist Empire
… study spanning approximately three (3) years of participant observation across multiple sites incorporating open-ended interviews with Asian and Asian Americans at a historically and predominantly white university in the Southeastern United States. This study also utilizes autoethnographic …
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The state and university: The ''Islamic Cultural Revolution'' in the institutions of higher education of Iran, 1980-1987
… education. Data are based on official documents, participant observation, interviews and press reports.
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Communication Unplugged: A Qualitative Analysis of the Digital Divide
… is still an issue in the 21st century. Through participant observation, narratives and interviews over a four-year period, the results signify a discursive disconnect between policymakers and community leaders, and the underrepresented population they attempt to represent.
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The role of the occupational therapist in facilitating the occupational adaptation of regular educators in inclusive classrooms
… Iverson (1993) on collaborative consultation and participant observation. The focus of the intervention was the regular education teacher with outcomes reflected in the adaptation response of the teacher as well as the positive outcomes of the student with disabilities. Data sources for Part II …
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An Investigation of the Ethnography of Knowledge through an Organisational Ethnography of ActewAGL
… over an eight and a half month period of participant observation and uses a grounded style of analysis. ¶ ...
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An Investigation of the Ethnography of Knowledge through an Organisational Ethnography of ActewAGL
… over an eight and a half month period of participant observation and uses a grounded style of analysis. ¶ ...
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