Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of EducationYali Zou, Enrique T. Trueba The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George Spindler, the book traces both traditional and new approaches to the study of schools and their communities. Emphasis on discourse, critical pedagogy, and ethnicity are among the many aspects of methodology and educational change emphasized by the contributors. |
Contents
Historical Perspectives on the Ethnography of Schools | 1 |
The Collusion of Illusions and How to Get People to Tell You What They Dont Know | 13 |
Ethnography? Or Educational Travel Writing? | 27 |
The Destructive Desire for a Depoliticized Ethnographic Methodology Response to Harry F Wolcott | 49 |
The Hidden History of Praxis Theory within Critical Ethnography and the CriticalismPostmodernism Problematic | 55 |
Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research | 87 |
Critical Ethnography in the Postcritical Moment | 139 |
The Challenge of Urban Ethnography | 171 |
Methodological Challenges of Critical Ethnography Insights from Collaborations on an Indigenous Counter Narrative | 185 |
Adaptive Strategies of a Chinese Immigrant | 195 |
Stories and Structures of Persistence Ethnographic Learning through Research and Practice in Asian American Studies | 223 |
The Class Clown A School Liminar | 257 |
Critical Ethnography and Community Change | 281 |
Index | 303 |
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