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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter provides some methodology and procedure implied in this study. It is very important to have a systematically answer to the research
question. This consists of six main sections, namely a research method, b nature and sources of data, c instruments, d data gathering techniques, e
research procedure, and f data processing.
A. Research Method
This study implemented a qualitative method. The qualitative method addresses the questions directed toward a deeper understanding of social
phenomena Creswell 2007. According to Creswell 2007 a phenomenological study describes the meaning for several individuals of their lived experiences of a
phenomenon. It focuses on describing what and how the participants have in common as they experience the phenomenon or the universal essence of the
phenomenon, a “grasp of the very nature of the thing,” Van Manen 1990: 177 as cited in Creswell 2007: 58. The data are collected from the persons who have
experienced the phenomenon and described into a composite description of the essence of the experience for all of the individuals. The data of this study were
gathered by actually seeing the teachers behave and act within the issue and talking directly to the participants experienced the issue under this study in the
field, in their actual activities on how they developed their professional through
Lesson Study. The researcher is the key instrument of data collection Creswell 2007.
This study was to describe the phenomenon on how English teachers experience their professional development through lesson study. To dig the deep
data and get a more holistic picture on how the particitpants experience the phenomenon, this study engaged in triangulation. The researcher collected the
data through observing the participants, interviewing the participants ‟ action and
activities, and giving questionnaire to some respondents. The multiple sources of data are to establish their trustworthiness or verification of the consistency of the
facts Creswell 2007. The questionnaire was to get the data on teacher‟s
professionalism from the students‟ point of view. The questionnaire was developed from the indicators stated in Table 2.1.
B. Nature and Sources of Data
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