Amy Vetter's Ethnographic Study

The article that was reviewed was about Amy Vetter, who was a teacher that was shifting roles in the school she was working at. During this study Vetter (2012) reluctantly began the process of moving into a leadership role to bring about change in her colleagues teaching practices (p. 27-28). The type of qualitative research study was a combination of three different qualitative methods. These qualitative methods described by MacMillan (2016) are: “ethnographic studies” (p. 311), “phenomenological studies” (p. 317) and “grounded theory studies” (p. 318).
Vetter (2012) participated in an “ethnographic study” (MacMillan, 2016, p. 311) because she was working with two distinct cultures in her school. Although they may have been of similar ethnic …show more content…
317) aspects as well. For example, MacMillan (2016) shares that “the basis of phenomenology is that what and how something is experienced by several individuals provides data that can lead to deep understanding of common meaning” (p. 317). Being that Vetter (2012) was working with changing the mindsets of several individuals that are teaching in the same school, it is important to find commonalities to report and document. Each teacher that she was striving to impact shared similar experiences and in turn would be able to contribute meaningful feedback to …show more content…
216). Observations were easily collected in class by herself and administrators throughout the duration of the study. Furthermore, the survey’s that Vetter (2012) used at the end of the sessions provided the useful documents for the second pillar of triangulation. Lastly, interviews were conducted before, during and after specific sessions so that all of the useful data was able to be coagulated for reasoning purposes. Therefore, the study was highly credible and trustworthy as the probability of misinformation is extremely low when triangulation is