reflections on fieldwork in saudi phd student jaber alruwaili university of east anglia school of...
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Reflections on Fieldwork in Saudi
PhD student Jaber AlruwailiUniversity of East AngliaSchool of Education
Value and Virtue Conference
Brief profile of the country
Part I: Background and Context
Population Borders Climate Language Administrative
provinces Economy Education
Getting started
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Quantitative [Saudi
]
Qualitative [UEA]
Practical reasons: 1) Creswell’s observation. 2) An array of well-known scholarsIntrinsic interest: personal intellectual motivation.
Two case studies
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Case study 1: Aljouf Directorate for girls
Case study 2: Eastern Directorate for boys
Choosing methods of data collection
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Primary and Secondary Data
Structured interviews
Unstructured observation
Sampling
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Typical administrations Representative of these administrations
Case name Aljouf Directorate Eastern Directorate
Gender male female male Female
Tape recording 5 5 11 -
Handwritten notes 5 5 10 -
Instant messenger - 1 - -
Total 10 11 21 -
An approach to recruiting participants
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Advice from the literature. Requests through official “circular” Cordial invitation. ‘Future of our children’ Female manager. Tribal connection
Pilot and exploratory study of the instrument
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Review of interview schedule
‘Dress rehearsal’ (Yin, 2009)
Data analysis
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Techniques of Analysis (Kvale and Brinkmann, 2009)
Computer Assisted Tools Transcription process. Writing &Translation process
Ethics of Research
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
Confidentiality (S, SS or Sara) Participant Information Sheet and
Consent Form Final thesis and language (Albugami,
2007) A horrific incident
Authenticity and quality of the research
Part III: Methodology & Reflections
multiple sources of evidence
Stage No
Stage name Types of data Period
1Beforehand
(preliminary)documents –
informal visits1 month
2Throughout
(main)Interviews - field
notes3 months
3Thereafter
(supplementary)Observation 3 weeks