Educational Provision for
Ethnic Minority in Hong Kong
香港少數族裔學童的教育服務

Methodology

The overriding methodology is best described as multi-site
qualitative research (Herriott & Firestone, 1983). Such
approach draws upon the in-depth benefits of case-study
methodology (Sturman, 1994) as well as the comparative
perspective because one of the features of multi-site research is
its capacity to compare and contrast situations from one setting to
the next.

The design of the study will enable generalizations to be made
about discrepancies between the requirements of the
Racial Discrimination Bill, system level and school level
policies, classroom practice and student and parental aspirations.
One advantage of multi-site case study, particularly where
there is careful selection of the sites, is that it advances the
capacity to make generalizations (for example, see Eisenhardt,
1989). The researchers acknowledge, however, that in
qualitative research of this kind, great care is needed in
extrapolating the findings beyond the cases studied. Quite often
the most appropriate form of generalization is what Stake (1980)
has referred to as "naturalistic generalization" which is arrived at
by readers' decision, on the basis of relating the research findings
to settings they are familiar with, how things are likely to be in
other places.

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