Abstract
Doing qualitative research in the field of social sciences can be both exciting and challenging. On the one hand, it enables researchers to look at issues that surround our social life in fresh and enlightening ways; on the other hand, naive qualitative scholars might find it sometimes ‘tricky’ when what they have read and planned does not go smoothly during their fieldwork in the ‘realities’.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Alexander, R. (2000). Culture and pedagogy: International comparisons in primary education. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Archer, L. (2002). ‘It’s easier that you’re a girl and that you’re Asian’: Interactions of ‘race’ and gender between researchers and participants. Feminist Review, 72, 108–132.
Brody, D. (2014). Men who teach young children: An international perspective. London: Institute of Education Press.
Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods (4th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Frosh, S., Phoenix, A., & Pattman, R. (2001). Young masculinities: Understanding boys in contemporary society. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Galla, J. P., Frisone, J. D., Jeffrey, L. R., & Gear, E. P. (1981). Effect of experimenter’s gender on responses to a sex-role attitude questionnaire. Psychological Reports, 49, 935–940.
Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A., & Futing, T. (2004). The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods (three volumes). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
Phillips, D., & Schweisfurth, M. (2014). Comparative and international education: An introduction to theory, method, and practice (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury.
Ramanathan, V. (2005). Situating the researcher in research texts: Dilemmas, questions, ethics, new directions. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 4(4), 291–293. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327701jlie0404_3.
Tisdall, K., Davis, J., & Gallagher, M. (2009). Research with children & young people: Research design, methods and analysis. London: SAGE.
Waller, T., & Bitou, A. (2011). Research with children: Three challenges for participatory research in early childhood. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(1), 5–20.
Williams, C. L., & Heikes, E. J. (1993). The importance of researcher’s gender in the in-depth interview: Evidence from two case studies of male nurses. Gender and Society, 7(2), 280–291.
Zhang, W. (1998). Young people and careers: School careers Guidance in Shanghai. Edinburgh and Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Xu, Y. (2019). From Theories to Practicalities: Doing Cross-Cultural Research Fieldwork in Early Childhood Education & Care (ECEC). In: Tsang, K., Liu, D., Hong, Y. (eds) Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5811-1_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5811-1_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-5810-4
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-5811-1
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)