TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond research on cultural minorities
T2 - Challenges and implications of research as situated cultural practice
AU - Arzubiaga, Angela
AU - Artiles, Alfredo
AU - King, Kathleen A.
AU - Harris-Murri, Nancy
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This article examines the cultural nature of research. This is a consequential idea as research knowledge is expected to inform professional practices for our increasingly multicultural society. We highlight theoretical and methodological limits of the traditional practice of research on cultural groups and outline research as situated cultural practice. This notion challenges researchers to widen the analytic spotlight from a focus on certain groups to shed light on two additional aspects, namely, the sociocultural location of the researcher as a cultural being and member of a scientific field, and the cultural presuppositions in a fields habitual practices. We outline a model of culture that underlies the idea of research as situated cultural practice. We illustrate this notion with quantitative and qualitative research examples and reflect on implications for future research.
AB - This article examines the cultural nature of research. This is a consequential idea as research knowledge is expected to inform professional practices for our increasingly multicultural society. We highlight theoretical and methodological limits of the traditional practice of research on cultural groups and outline research as situated cultural practice. This notion challenges researchers to widen the analytic spotlight from a focus on certain groups to shed light on two additional aspects, namely, the sociocultural location of the researcher as a cultural being and member of a scientific field, and the cultural presuppositions in a fields habitual practices. We outline a model of culture that underlies the idea of research as situated cultural practice. We illustrate this notion with quantitative and qualitative research examples and reflect on implications for future research.
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U2 - 10.1177/001440290807400303
DO - 10.1177/001440290807400303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40749133003
SN - 0014-4029
VL - 74
SP - 309
EP - 327
JO - Exceptional children
JF - Exceptional children
IS - 3
ER -