Abstract
This paper discusses dilemmas of conducting research based on everyday experiences with one’s own children. As educational researchers with school-aged children, we are constantly confronted with practices and experiences, which are of academic relevance to our research. Brinkmann (2012) encourages researchers to do studies based on the researcher’s own life and experiences, establishing both a practical and an ideological reasoning: firstly, in the increasingly neo-liberal organization of university life, finding time and resources to conduct research is demanding, especially considering the challenge of work-family-life balance, and secondly, allowing oneself to pursue interests and questions that arise in everyday life ensures research that is both interesting and relevant for the researcher as well as for others. However, as educational researchers, the question of ethics becomes prevalent: to what extent is it ethically sound to merge the boundaries of home and work life? Is one’s child taken hostage in one’s professional endeavors?
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Publikationsdato | 2016 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2016 |
| Begivenhed | Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - Champaign-Urbana, USA Varighed: 18 maj 2016 → 21 maj 2016 |
Konference
| Konference | Congress of Qualitative Inquiry |
|---|---|
| Land/Område | USA |
| By | Champaign-Urbana |
| Periode | 18/05/2016 → 21/05/2016 |