Field Notes

 

Field Notes

• Why Field Notes?
  • To gain insights
  • To learn from experience
  • To document life
• Contents
  • Date, Time and Place of observation
  • Specific facts, numbers, details of what happened
  • Sensory impression: sights, sounds, textures, smells, taste
  • Personal responses
  • Specific words, phrases, summaries of conversation
  • Questions about people or behaviors
  • Page Number
• 4 Major Parts
  • 1. Jotting down brief words
  • 2. Detailed description
  • 3. Analysis of what you learned
  • 4. Reflection of what you learned

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