Beyond the Classroom Walls: Ethnographic Inquiry as Pedagogy

by Gordon,June A.

• ISBN13: 9780415934930
• ISBN10: 0415934931
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-20
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Teachers in low-income communities face serious impediments to effective teaching and learning. Through a unique blend of research and field experience, this book seeks to overcome the lack of communication and mutual understanding between teachers and students in urban schools. June A. Gordon provides nine case studies with insights as to how educators in urban settings may begin to understand the complexity of their students' lives, engaging those same students in the process of this discovery.Beyond Classroom Wallsprovides inspiration and assistance to urban educators, concerned community members, or parents wishing to transform the way they view their community and the profession of teaching.

Author Biography

June A. Gordon is Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Students Reengaging Their Home Communities	1	(22)
Immigrants and Education: Dialogic Inquiry as Pedagogy	23	(18)
Future Teachers Assist in Urban, Low-Income, Multicultural Classrooms	41	(10)
``Masks of Normality'': Teacher Training on a Military Base	51	(12)
Confronting the Larger Community of Helping Professionals	63	(8)
Home Visits	71	(14)
Deconstructing Youth At Risk	85	(14)
Adult Educators Inquire into Workplace Stress	99	(78)
First Quarter Attrition: Community College Staff and Faculty Ask Why	177
Afterword	129	(4)
References	133	(8)
Index	141