The representative of a recently emerged orientation as an essential componentofeducational research in its broad sense is called qualitative research.
Sampling approach and data saturation
In professional education ethnography is the rare research project today and has become virtually a household word. Although applied to human organizations, it is an essential form of qualitative research. In comparison to other traditions in educational research, qualitative research is different.
Data collection techniques
Alternative orientations are denoted by the adjective ethnographic and qualitative in empirical educational research and are both extensively used in the literature.