Ethnography and schools : qualitative approaches to the study of education / [edited by] Yali Zou and Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zou, Yali.

Trueba, Enrique T., 1931-

Series:

Immigration and the transnational experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational anthropology.

Immigrants--Education--United States.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Education.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important crosscurrents 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:

Introduction: Historical Perspectives on the Ethnography of Schools / Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba, Yali Zou 1

Chapter 1 The Collusion of Illusions and How to Get People to Tell You What They Don't Know / George Spindler 13

Chapter 2 Ethnography? Or Educational Travel Writing? / Harry F. Wolcott 27

Chapter 3 The Destructive Desire for a Depoliticized Ethnographic Methodology: Response to Harry F. Wolcott / James J. Scheurich 49

Chapter 4 The Hidden History of Praxis Theory within Critical Ethnography and the Criticalism/Postmodernism Problematic / Phil Francis Carspecken 55

Chapter 5 Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research / Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter McLaren 87

Chapter 6 Critical Ethnography in the Postcritical Moment / Douglas E. Foley 139

Chapter 7 The Challenge of Urban Ethnography / David M. Smith 171

Chapter 8 Methodological Challenges of Critical Ethnography: Insights from Collaborations on an Indigenous Counter Narrative / Perry Gilmore 185

Chapter 9 Adaptive Strategies of a Chinese Immigrant / Yali Zou 195

Chapter 10 Stories and Structures of Persistence: Ethnographic Learning through Research and Practice in Asian American Studies / Peter Kiang 223

Chapter 11 The Class Clown: A School Liminar / Judy Radigan 257

Chapter 12 Critical Ethnography and Community Change / Miguel A. Guajardo, Francisco J. Guajardo 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742517365

0742517373

OCLC:

48450927