Strategies for Teaching Field Research

• Observation Activity (In-Class) : Students brainstorm observation criteria and then test them out. When conducted as a group activity, sub-groups could compare results to prompt discussion of the challenges of conducting thorough (but non-obtrusive) observations.
• Interview Activity (In-Class): Students brainstorm interview questions and test them out by interviewing each other
• Field Research Report (See Jessie Moore’s Assignment)
• Ethnography Assignment (See Kim Pyne’s Activity)

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