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Between Stranger and Friend: Some Consequences of 'Long Term' Fieldwork in Schools

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Title:	Between Stranger and Friend: Some Consequences of 'Long Term' Fieldwork in Schools
Authors:	Everhart, Robert B.
Source:	American Educational Research Journal. Win 77 14(1):1-15.
Peer Reviewed:	Y
Page Count:	15
Publication Date:	1977
Descriptors:	Educational Researchers, Field Studies, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Junior High Schools, Participation, Research Problems, Role Conflict, Role Perception
Abstract:	Some major consequences of doing fieldwork in schools over an extended period of time are described. Using Powdermaker's distinction of "stranger and friend," the balance between these two roles and perspectives in terms of role, reciprocity, and receptivity is traced through a description of the author's two year study of student life in a junior high school. (Author/MV)
Entry Date:	1978
Accession Number:	EJ168848
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	Some major consequences of doing fieldwork in schools over an extended period of time are described. Using Powdermaker's distinction of "stranger and friend," the balance between these two roles and perspectives in terms of role, reciprocity, and receptivity is traced through a description of the author's two year study of student life in a junior high school. (Author/MV)