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Abstract
This study discusses the methodologies of recent team-teaching research
conducted in Japan and puts forward a proposal for qualitative,
interview-based research at the local level. Among the previous
studies undertaken, various significant procedural and interpretative
problems have been outlined in both quantitative and qualitative
studies. To counter them, the 'localization' of research is proposed
for team-teachers, in contrast to the reliance on research which
seeks to generalize findings. To enable them to do so, I present
an example of how following Nunan's (1992) step-by-step approach
to conducting research and Hycner's (1985) interview data reduction
can be effective for small-scale, qualitative research in one particular
junior high school in Japan. Although I do not make claims of generalisability,
it is concluded that the methodological framework could provide
some useful techniques for other team-teaching researchers who have
a large amount of interview data to process.
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