The Supervisor Effect: A Note on Teaching Field Methods

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In this article we reflect on our experiences as supervisors in a field methods course in order to explore how ethnographic research practices can be used as tools in the supervision of students that conduct field research for the first time and as such to provide insights about what constitutes “good supervision.” Our reflections follow the three main stages of fieldwork: preparing and designing research, doing fieldwork, and reporting on research, as the role of the supervisor and their relationship with students transforms accordingly. We describe how we use the parallels between “doing research” and “teaching how to do research” as tools for teaching field methods through learning by doing. We pay specific attention to three central elements of ethnographic practice: building rapport, social interaction (the “supervisor effect”), and reflexivity that we use in our supervision.

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Rasch, E. D., Cremers, G., Simon Thomas, M., & Verschuuren, B. (2022, July 1). The Supervisor Effect: A Note on Teaching Field Methods. Teaching Sociology. SAGE Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X221082587

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