In Search of Subjectivity—One's Own
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Title
In Search of Subjectivity—One's Own
Abstract/Description
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.
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Volume
17
Issue
7
Pages
17-21
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
ISSN
0013-189X
Citation
Peshkin, A. (1988). In Search of Subjectivity—One’s Own. Educational Researcher, 17(7), 17–21. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X017007017
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