Reporting research

I am just starting to read a book edited by Lucy Green entitled “Learning, teaching and musical identity: voices across cultures” (2011) and was intrigued by how Green positions the chapters by the different researchers vis-a-vis expectations of the research report genre:

“The researchers followed standard ethical procedures, including giving participants the right to withdraw and to remain anonymous, seeking permission or providing written information where relevant, and sharing findings with participants wherever it was reasonable to do so. Any further explications of methods or methodologies are included within each chapter only when this is absolutely necessary in order for the rader to understand the research or the findings and such explications are woven into the discussion rather being presented as separate sections. Similarly, there is no separation between the presentation fo the data and the discussion of findings: the presentation of the data is the discussion of findings.  Examination of the literature, likewise, is largely undertaken in relation to discussions of data and findings, rather than being presented as a separate literature review. Thus, each chapter keeps the discussion of data and findings at the forefront of it narrative in a way that we hope readers will find enjoyable and accessible.”  (p.2)