Research in Special Education: Using a Research Poem as a Guide for Relationship Building

Authors

Rama Cousik, Indiana University-Purdue University

Abstract

Building positive relationships with participants is an important component of qualitative research in the field of special education. Research poems allow expression of the evolution of participant-researcher relationship in a sensitive and nuanced manner. In this paper, I use a research poem about gardening to demonstrate how a researcher can construct a positive relationship with his/her participants. Each line of the poem represents the sequence and evolution of relationship development between the researcher and families who participated in the research.

Keywords

Ethnography, Research, Poetry asData, Relationship Building, Participants, Special Education

Publication Date

6-30-2014

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1210

Recommended APA Citation

Cousik, R. (2014). Research in Special Education: Using a Research Poem as a Guide for Relationship Building. The Qualitative Report, 19(26), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1210