Interpretive Ethnography of Education at Home and Abroad

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This ambitious and unique volume sets a standard of excellence for research in educational ethnography. The interpretive studies brought together in this volume are outstanding discipline-based analyses of education both in the United States and in complex societies abroad. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents General Introduction PART I: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS 1. The Method of Natural History and Educational Research References 2. Teaching and Learning How to Do the Ethnography of Education What is Ethnography? Teaching Ethnography References 3. On Ethnographic Intent What Ethnography Is Not What Ethnography Is Doing Ethnography Ethnography in Educational Research References 4. Figure and Section: Ethnography and Education in the Multicultural State What Is Ethnography? References 5. Ethnographic Educational Evaluation Cultural Transmission Contextualization Demythologizing: The Qualitative-Quantitative Dichotomy Relevance for Policy References 6. Language and Schooling Language and Schooling Identifying Handicapped Students Context Free and Context Specific Interpretations of Language Use The Language of Stratification in the School Conclusion References PART II: COMPARATIVE AND CROSS-CULTURAL 7. Schönhausen Revisited and the Rediscovery of Culture A Decade of Change The New Remstal Sample Teachers' Styles Culture in the Classroom Final Comments Appendix References 8. Cultural Knowledge for Teaching First Grade: An Example from France Introduction Studying Cultural Knowledge French Knowledge in Perspective Why Teachers Tend to Think Alike References 9. A Case of Mistaken Identity: Interethnic Images in Multicultural England Introduction The Ethnography Language and Culture The Cultural Contract References 10. Chinese Education in a Village Setting A Visit from the Teacher Primary Education Observing at School Middle School Portrait of an Educated Youth References PART III: AT HOME IN THE USA Group A: Multiculturalism, Immigrants, and Minorities 11. Variability in Minority Responses to Schooling: Nonimmigrants Vs. Immigrants Introduction Variability in Minority Academic Achievement Nonimmigrant Minorities Immigrant Minorities Conclusion References 12. Punjabi Immigrants in an American High School Overview Valleyside Academic Performance at Valleyside High Barriers to School Success Community Forces and School Performance Reducing Educational Inequities References 13. The Influence of the Ethnic Community on the Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees Introduction The Research Context Findings Discussion Summary and Conclusions References 14. Traditions and Transitions in the Learning Process of Mexican Children: An Ethnographic View Introduction The Study Children's Native Competencies Variations of Authority Multidimensional and Unidimensional Activities Active Learning in the Community References 15. The Hidden Curriculum of Papago Teachers: American Indian Strategies for Mitigating Cultural Discontinuity in Early Schooling Schooling as Cultural Discontinuity The Study The Papago Early Childhood Head Start Program (PECHS) Discontinuity in PECHS Papago Teacher Responses to Discontinuity Commentary References Group B: Mainstream 16. A Comparative Analysis of American Suburban Middle Class, Middle School, and High School Teenage Cliques Introduction Shared Structural Components of Middle School and High School Teenage Cliques Visibility of Middle School and High School Groups Top Group Members as Model Teenagers Two Sets of Values Contributing to Group Placement Differences Between Middle School and High School Teenage Groups References 17. Small Group Culture and the Emergence of Sexist Behavior: A Comparative Study of Four Children's Groups Introduction Kindergarten 1 Kindergarten 2 Kindergarten 3 Kindergarten 4 Analysis and Conclusion References 18. Lower-Track Classes at a College-Preparatory High School: A Caricature of Educational Encounters The Disorderly Climate in Classrooms for Academically Unsuccessful Students Participation Structures in Regular-Track Classrooms at Southmoor Participation Structures in Lower-Track Classrooms at Southmoor Role Integration at Southmoor References 19. Computer Literacy in Practice: Curricula, Contradictions, and Context Introduction Lakeside-Maple Glen The High School The Middle School Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index