Peter is interested in the characteristics of teaching in a start-up charter school. Peter holds a teaching certificate and has arranged a sabbatical from his university position to teach in the school as part of his fieldwork. Peter is displaying which form of data collection?
A) Participant observation
B) Covert observation
C) Nonparticipant observation
D) External observation

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Peter is actively participating in the charter school by teaching there and observing the characteristics of teaching in the start-up charter school. This form of data collection is participant observation.

Peter Is Interested in the Characteristics of Teaching in a Start-Up