Ebook Description :

Showing how informal and formal ethnographic methods and knowledge contribute to the arenas in which ethnographers work the authors cover both the typical practice settings raised in earlier books in the series and introduce two emerging arenas of concern long term fieldwork and participatory action research. Ethnographic methods are a research approach where you look at people in their cultural setting with the goal of producing a narrative account of that particular culture against a theoretical backdrop as part of this you will look at deeds done as well as words used. Participant observation is a data collection method in ethnography research where the ethnographer gathers information by participating actively and interacting with the research subjects this method is quite similar to life and work techniques. Ethnographic research has various forms according to creswell 2012 464 however the main types that often appear in educational research reports are realist ethnography case studies and critical ethnography 1 realist ethnography realist ethnography is a popular approach used by cultural anthropologists