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Fundamentals Of Anthropology As Effective Experiential Learning Strategy To Promote Social Justice, Chelsea G. Abbas
Fundamentals Of Anthropology As Effective Experiential Learning Strategy To Promote Social Justice, Chelsea G. Abbas
Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Experiential learning (EL) as it relates to the social sciences, involves going out into the community to conduct field studies or work with different groups who provide new approaches and collaborative perspectives to student learning. EL relies on the fact that students can communicate with distinct populations and oftentimes bridge cultural, linguistic, racial, generational, or geographical divides. As we emerge from a pandemic-induced social isolation into an increasingly siloed and divided political world, creating generative dialogue and skill sets to promote social activism and empathy for the common good is of utmost importance, especially for college students. Two EL experiences, …
The Challenges Experienced During Data Collection On Pensioners’ Time Use In Bahawalpur Division, Pakistan, Huma Qasim, Syed Shakir Ali Ghazali Dr, Muhammad Rajab, Humera Gul
The Challenges Experienced During Data Collection On Pensioners’ Time Use In Bahawalpur Division, Pakistan, Huma Qasim, Syed Shakir Ali Ghazali Dr, Muhammad Rajab, Humera Gul
The Qualitative Report
Collecting data is a crucial part of the research process. In this article we highlight the problems and challenges we encountered while collecting data for the time use of pensioners in Pakistan, a developing country. We faced some anticipated as well as unanticipated problems and challenges while conducting interviews with pensioners for our research. The unforeseen challenges included inappropriate conduct of data providers with a female researcher, lack of funds, time management issues, a decline in response, and security issues in the field. We end the article with the recommendations to overcome those challenges and hence improving the data collection …
Data Collection In The Field: Lessons From Two Case Studies Conducted In Belize, Rico Kongsager
Data Collection In The Field: Lessons From Two Case Studies Conducted In Belize, Rico Kongsager
The Qualitative Report
There is a vast load of literature concerning how data collection can be conducted. This literature provides guidelines and recommendations on how data collection might be done, however, only a very limited part of this literature describes in detail how data actually are collected in the field. This paper is intended to be an example, where the methodology is explained in detail to assist and inspire other researchers, on their way to conduct interesting and important research. The data collection and fieldwork described in this paper were conducted to complete two case studies in Belize, Central America. The core of …