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In Search of Subjectivity. One's Own

Peshkin, Alan·1988·Educational Researcher
DOI 10.2307/1174381
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It is no more useful for researchers to acknowledge simply that subjectivity is an invariable component of their research than it is for them to assert that their ideal is to achieve objectivity. Acknowledgments and assertions are not sufficient. Beginning with the premise that subjectivity is inevitable, this paper argues that researchers should systematically seek out their subjectivity, not retrospectively when the data have been collected and the analysis is complete, but while their research is actively in progress. The purpose of doing so is to enable researchers to be aware of how their subjectivity may be shaping their inquiry and its outcomes. In this paper I demonstrate the pursuit of my subjectivity in the course of year-long fieldwork in a multiethnic high school.

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Authors
Peshkin, A.
Venue
Educational Researcher
Publisher
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published
1988-10
Volume
17
Issue
7
Pages
17
ISSN
0013-189X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/1174381
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W2120211612
Cited by
1,364
References
6
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29.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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