Abstract
The purpose of the single case life history study was to understand a female science teacher's conceptions of the nature of science as explicit in her practice. While this paper highlights these understandings, an additional purpose is to give a detailed account of the process of creating a life history account through more than 13 in-depth interviews. It includes a discussion of what the author calls composite observations where the observations of the teacher and the researcher are presented as a single unified story. Also discussed are ethical issues specific to life history created due to the intimacy created by such a study that required the development of a great deal of trust and rapport.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1034-1062 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Qualitative Report |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Life history
- Nature of science
- Single case Study
- Teaching and learning in science