Article
Engaging the Tea Party Through Pedagogy
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
(2012)
Abstract
This paper describes the difficulties and rewards found by a cohort of undergraduate researchers as they engaged local Tea Party chapters. While gathering data as part of a research methods course, students found themselves in complicated territory, confronted by research subjects who were wary of higher education, and thus the students’ motives and demographics. Our engagement with the Tea Party highlighted a number of challenging issues related to researcher perspectives and roles, and the relationship between higher education and community. Ultimately students benefitted by being placed in a situation in which they had to justify their presence and engage members.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
Leslie Bunnage. "Engaging the Tea Party Through Pedagogy" Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice Vol. 12 Iss. 6 (2012) p. 40 - 53 ISSN: 2158-3595 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/leslie-bunnage/6/