A Methodological Conundrum: Comparing Schools in Scotland and England |
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| Authors: | Bethan Marshall Simon Gibbons |
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| Institution: | King’s College, University of London, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | This article considers a conundrum in research methodology; the fact that, in the main, you have to use a social science-based research methodology if you want to look at what goes on in a classroom. This article proposes an alternative arts-based research method instead based on the work of Eisner, and before him Dewey, where one can use the more traditional critical, close reading techniques that are usually associated with a degree in English. We look at a case study English lesson to illustrate and explore how this may be done. |
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| Keywords: | arts-based research connoisseurship educational criticism |
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