Wenger, E. (1999). Communities of practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Whitehead, J. (1989). Creating a living educational theory from questions of the kind, do I ‘How improve my Practice?’ Cambridge Journal of Education, 19(1), 137–152. Whitehead, J. (2009). An epistemological transformation in educational knowledge from S-STEP research: Notes for the Introduction to the S-Step Session of the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, 13 April. Retrieved 26 June, 2010 from . Whitehead, J., & McNiff, J. (2006). Action research: Living theory. London: Sage. Zinn, H. (1997). The zinn reader: Writings on disobedience and democracy. New York: Seven Stories Press. Cross-Cultural Research and Qualitative Inquiry Pranee Liamputtong La Trobe University, Australia Abstract Cross-cultural research has become important in this postmodern world where many people have been made, and are still, marginalised and vulnerable by others in more powerful positions like colonial researchers. In this paper, I contend that qualitative research is particularly appropriate for cross-cultural research because it allows us to find answers which are more relevant to the research participants. Cross-cultural qualitative research must be situated within some theoretical frameworks. In this paper, I also provide different theoretical frameworks that cross-cultural researchers may adopt in their research. Performing qualitative cross-cultural research is exciting, but it is also full of ethical and methodological challenges. This paper will encourage readers to start thinking about methodological issues in performing cross-cultural research. Keywords: research; qualitative Inquiry; healing methodology; decolonizing methodology.
Wenger, E. (1999). Communities of practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Whitehead, J. (1989). Creating a living educational theory from questions of the kind, ‘How do I improve my Practice?’ Cambridge Journal of Education, 19(1), 137–152. Whitehead, J. (2009). An epistemological transformation in educational knowledge from S-STEP research: Notes for the Introduction to the S-Step Session of the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, 13 April. Retrieved 26 June, 2010 from . Whitehead, J., & McNiff, J. (2006). Action research: Living theory. London: Sage. Zinn, H. (1997). The zinn reader: Writings on disobedience and democracy. New York: Seven Stories Press. Cross-Cultural Research and Qualitative Inquiry Pranee Liamputtong La Trobe University, Australia Abstract Cross-cultural research has become important in this postmodern world where many people have been made, and are still, marginalised and vulnerable by others in more powerful positions like colonial researchers. In this paper, I contend that qualitative research is particularly appropriate for cross-cultural research because it allows us to find answers which are more relevant to the research participants. Cross-cultural qualitative research must be situated within some theoretical frameworks. In this paper, I also provide different theoretical frameworks that cross-cultural researchers may adopt in their research. Performing qualitative cross-cultural research is exciting, but it is also full of ethical and methodological challenges. This paper will encourage readers to start thinking about methodological issues in performing cross-cultural research. Keywords: research; qualitative Inquiry; healing methodology; decolonizing methodology.
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