Becoming a Narrative Researcher in Pakistan: Reflections from the Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Haji Karim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Narrative Studies ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
Research Studies

<p><em>This reflective paper emerges from the reflections on my experience to carry out narrative studies in Pakistan —a country where narrative research in education is still very young. Field-notes, reflective journals and research memos were the key sources of triggering reflections on my learning to take the identity of a narrative researcher in a context where this approach is very young.  </em></p><em>My reflections show the learning experience in conceptualising and practicing narrative studies in the country. The paper shows that I took the roles of an insider, co-constructor of stories, and trust-builder while taking up the identity of a narrative researcher in Pakistan. In addition, becoming a gender sensitive and knowing language and culture of the research participants enabled me to take up the role smoothly.  Findings have pertinent implications for life history research studies in Pakistan and elsewhere.</em>

scholarly journals Conducting Narrative Studies in Pakistan: Reflections from the Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Haji Karim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Research ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Narrative Studies ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
Research Studies

This reflective paper emerges from the analysis of my experience of carrying out narrative studies in Pakistan — a country where narrative research in education is still very young. Field-notes, reflective journals and research memos were the key sources for the analysis. The reflections showcase my experiences of getting the insider’s views, co-constructing narratives, and co-constructing the research reality while carrying out narrative research studies in Pakistan. Findings have pertinent implications for narrative research studies in Pakistan and elsewhere in a similar settings.

Telling Diaspora Stories: theoretical and methodological reflections on narratives of migrancy and belongingness in the second generation

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Christou
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
The Subject

This article explores the theoretical and methodological implications of the study of second generation migration through the use of life stories, a narrative and biographical approach. It presents a theoretical contextualisation of life history research in addressing the direction it has taken in the study of migration and identity in order to problematise how the subject and subjectivities in narrative research have been framed by social categorisations such as gender, ethnicity, class as well as social experiences such as trauma, exile, memory and imagination. The paper develops the analytical contribution of researching the biographicity of everyday migrant lives. 

scholarly journals Automatic Placement of Genomic Research Results in Medical Records: Do Researchers Have a Duty? Should Participants Have a Choice?

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-842
Author(s):  
Anya E.R. Prince ◽  
John M. Conley ◽  
Arlene M. Davis ◽  
Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz ◽  
R. Jean Cadigan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Record ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Genomic Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Difficult Question ◽  
Automatic Placement ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Research Studies

The growing practice of returning individual results to research participants has revealed a variety of interpretations of the multiple and sometimes conflicting duties that researchers may owe to participants. One particularly difficult question is the nature and extent of a researcher’s duty to facilitate a participant’s follow-up clinical care by placing research results in the participant’s medical record. The question is especially difficult in the context of genomic research. Some recent genomic research studies — enrolling patients as participants — boldly address the question with protocols dictating that researchers place research results directly into study participants’ existing medical records, without participant consent. Such privileging of researcher judgment over participant choice may be motivated by a desire to discharge a duty that researchers perceive themselves as owing to participants. However, the underlying ethical, professional, legal, and regulatory duties that would compel or justify this action have not been fully explored.

scholarly journals Finding Research Topic and Its Effect on Research Learners’ Motivation: An Action Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Jigme Dorji
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Interest And Motivation

This paper reports the findings from an action research on effect of teaching how to find research topic to the undergraduate students’ interest and motivation in learning research. The action research employing mixed methods approach was conducted on 95 first year Bachelor of Bhutan and Himalayan Studies (BHS) students taking research methods course at the College of Language and Culture Studies, Royal University of Bhutan. Baseline data were collected using self-developed questionnaire (N=95), focus group interview (N=6) and four experts’ rating on students’ research topics. Intervention strategies to find research topic were adapted from Bui [1] and Lester and Lester Jr.’s [2] framework and implemented to enable students to speculate, frame and evaluate their research topic. After three weeks of intervention, a post-intervention data were collected employing same procedures and tools as the pre-survey data were collected. Further, to validate the findings, researcher added field notes from the observation during implementing the intervention. Findings showed that intervention strategies have made an impact on students’ ability to find research topic, which in turn indicated that students interest and motivation towards research learning augmented. Recommendations to fortify students’ research learning experience and need for future research are also provided. 

scholarly journals La transfiguración en la autobiografía como experiencia terapéutica / Transfiguration in the Autobiography as a Therapeutic Experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Yenny Patricia López Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Therapeutic Experience ◽  
Deep Knowledge

ABSTRACTThis text presents the phenomenon of transfiguration that has been revealed during the development of a biographical-narrative research with Colombian and Spanish teachers. It has been observed that this change occurs in the person when he narrates his experiences, shaping the memory and altering a lived reality. This alteration in the perception of the memories can profoundly transform the person and give the possibility to rewrite the life history. The purpose of the research is the deep knowledge of significant experiences of a group of participants through autobiography and biography. Autobiographical development process and simultaneously exposed the underlying phenomenon of transformation that occurs when narrates the life and remembers the experiences that have been significant throughout its existence. The research uses a qualitative methodology through written autobiographies, interviews and biographical conversations.RESUMENNuestra investigación principal se propone el profundo conocimiento de las experiencias vitales significativas de un grupo de participantes colombianos y españoles mediante la autobiografía y la biografía. Durante su desarrollo se desveló un fenómeno simultáneo de transformación que se origina cuando narramos nuestra vida y repasamos las experiencias que han sido significativas a lo largo de nuestra existencia. Hacemos uso de una metodología cualitativa con enfoque biográfico-narrativo para acercarnos al fenómeno autobiográfico, en la cual realizamos entrevistas y conversaciones en profundidad con nuestros participantes. Esto nos ha permitido observar el fenómeno que se produce en la persona cuando narra su propia vida, el cual hace referencia a la trasformación del recuerdo y altera una realidad vivida que puede llegar moldear la forma de ver o interpretar la realidad. Esta alteración en la percepción de nuestros recuerdos puede transformarnos profundamente y brindarnos la posibilidad de reescribir nuestra historia vital.

scholarly journals Information literacy challenges for Chinese PhD students in Australia: A biographical study

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinghe Han
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Biographical Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Studies

This study explored the information literacy (IL) development of international higher degree research (HDR) students from China as they undertook their research studies in an Australian university. International HDR students need advanced IL skills to complete their research degree. However, IL research and training in western countries has tended to regard international HDR students no differently from their undergraduate counterparts. That is, there has been a focus on basic information skills rather than considering the more complicated and advanced IL needs within a research context. The project presented in this paper aimed to explore this gap. Three international PhD students from China participated in this research. A biographical approach was used to collect the data, and a total of 222 reflective accounts were collected from the participants over a period of fifteen months. In these reflections, they recorded significant life and study experiences at the University of Western Sydney. This approach allowed the participants freedom to express their thoughts and feelings without interruption and enabled them to speak frankly and freely without prejudice. The approach to data analysis underpinning this study was based on Bruce’s (1997) relational model of IL. The findings indicate that these international HDR students experience significant difficulties in developing their IL skills during their research studies in their western university. The complex nature of research study, which demands high levels of IL, significantly contributes to these difficulties, as do the different language and culture of international students which pose additional challenges to their information use. This article concludes with recommendations for research supervisors and librarians to consider in the provision of IL education for international students.

Reflections on the Promotion of an Endangered Language:

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpia Rasom
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Endangered Language ◽  
The Creation

This chapter investigates the linguistic beliefs and ideologies of Ladin women in the Dolomites in Italy. The reasons that lead women to speak their heritage language in a progressively globalized Europe were investigated, to identify the role of ideologies about language and culture in shaping personal views. Focus groups of no more than seven women per group allowed the creation of a constructive setting where each woman could express her own ideas, which progressively evolved as other women’s opinions were heard. Life history interviews were used to investigate the ideologies of women aged 70 and over. Results suggest that reflection may lead to greater awareness of what it means to speak the ‘mother tongue’ and the consequent implications for an endangered minority language. Reflecting together makes women aware of their own skills and fosters willingness to promote their language and culture.

Payments for Participation of Children in Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 244-263
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Diekema
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Parental Decision ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Participation In Research ◽  
Research Studies ◽  
Current Practices

Providing payment to those who participate is common practice for research studies involving both children and adults. While there may be good reasons for providing payment for research participation, there are also reasons to be concerned about the practice, especially when the subjects are children and the payment has the potential to distort parental decision-making by tempting parents to consider issues other than the welfare of their child. This chapter examines the ethical implications of providing payment to children and their parents for participation in research. After a brief survey of current practices regarding payments to research participants, the chapter will examine the distinct kinds of payments offered to research participants and their parents (Those intended to reimburse expenses and those intended to induce participation), evaluate the ethical considerations relevant to each kind of payment, and make some final recommendations concerning the provision of payments for research involving children.

scholarly journals Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Johanna Söderström
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Research Participant ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Post War

The article argues for the utility of life diagrams as a methodological and analytical tool across various life history projects. Using research on post-war political mobilization among former combatants (in Colombia, Namibia and the United States), the article demonstrates how a life diagram can modify the interview and become a useful analytical tool. During the interview the diagram helps both the research participant and the interviewer to compare different events, weigh various experiences, and ensure that all periods of the life are covered even if the interview is not done chronologically. During the analysis, the diagram offers a contrast with the transcript of the interview, and the shape of the life diagram can be compared across interviews in search of similar types. This visual turn can help address issues of empowerment, through promoting the research participants’ own interpretation of their lives.

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