Abstract
In conducting qualitative research, especially in the field professional practitioners work, researchers encounter at least
three kinds of dilemmas; dilemma of ignorance, description, and collaboration with practitioners. In the present study,
we focus upon the third dilemma. In qualitative filed research, since collaborative relationships between practitioners
and researchers underlie the core of research process, dilemma in collaboration must be settled. We propose a new
research methodology, 'Re-description method,' to address it. In the re-description method, researchers examine central
concepts on which practitioners base for their practice. In examining a concept, we record practitioners' descriptive
language but with paraphrasing the exact words that practitioners use to describe the central concept. This procedure
enables researchers to identify what constitutes the central concept, which leads to revision of a theoretical framework.
