Duoethnographic Encounter: (Re)Thinking Research Methodologies for Working With Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Populations

• In Event: Canadian Perspectives on Teaching and Research

Abstract

In this duoethnography, we draw on lessons from our research practices related to literacy and mathematics education working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents. We provide insights into how adapted Western epistemology such as interpretive inquiry (Ellis, 1998) and African-centred worldviews (Asante, 1991; 2017) could inform our respective methodological choices in researching minority populations in English-speaking Canadian contexts. We aim to describe ways in which we have navigated the process of implementing research methodologies, which take into account research participants’ cognitive maturity, linguistic proficiency, and cultural background when researching newcomers. We hope our shared learnings from our respective works can contribute to the discourse on methodologies that (re)centres on experiences of cultural and linguistic minority populations.

Authors

• Kwesi Yaro, University of Alberta
  Presenting Author

• Sung Kyung Ahn, University of Alberta
  Presenting Author