Reflections on Fieldwork in Saudi PhD student Jaber Alruwaili University of East Anglia School of Education Value and Virtue Conference.

Reflections on Fieldwork in Saudi

PhD student Jaber AlruwailiUniversity of East AngliaSchool of Education

Value and Virtue Conference

Contents

Part I: Background and Context Part II: Saudi Culture Part III: Methodology & Reflections

World map

Part I: Background and Context

Brief profile of the country

Part I: Background and Context

Population Borders Climate Language Administrative

provinces Economy Education

Saudi Culture

Part II: Saudi Culture

Islam

Saudi Culture

Part II: Saudi Culture

Family values Communication and relationship

Getting started

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Quantitative [Saudi

]

Qualitative [UEA]

Practical reasons: 1) Creswell’s observation. 2) An array of well-known scholarsIntrinsic interest: personal intellectual motivation.

Two case studies

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Case study 1: Aljouf Directorate for girls

Case study 2: Eastern Directorate for boys

Choosing methods of data collection

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Primary and Secondary Data

Structured interviews

Unstructured observation

Sampling

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Typical administrations Representative of these administrations

Case name Aljouf Directorate Eastern Directorate

Gender male female male Female

Tape recording 5 5 11 -

Handwritten notes 5 5 10 -

Instant messenger - 1 - -

Total 10 11 21 -

An approach to recruiting participants

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Advice from the literature. Requests through official “circular” Cordial invitation. ‘Future of our children’ Female manager. Tribal connection

Pilot and exploratory study of the instrument

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Review of interview schedule

‘Dress rehearsal’ (Yin, 2009)

Data analysis

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Techniques of Analysis (Kvale and Brinkmann, 2009)

Computer Assisted Tools Transcription process. Writing &Translation process

Ethics of Research

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Confidentiality (S, SS or Sara) Participant Information Sheet and

Consent Form Final thesis and language (Albugami,

2007) A horrific incident

Authenticity and quality of the research

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

multiple sources of evidence

Stage No

Stage name Types of data Period

1Beforehand

(preliminary)documents –

informal visits1 month

2Throughout

(main)Interviews - field

notes3 months

3Thereafter

(supplementary)Observation 3 weeks

Authenticity and quality of the research

Part III: Methodology & Reflections

Relatively standardized approach

Trial session (novice coder & checker coder)