Ethnography and Schools Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

by Zou, Yali; Trueba, Enrique T.; Carspecken, Phil Francis; Foley, Douglas; Gilmore, Perry; Kiang, Peter N.; Kincheloe, Joe L.; McLaren, Peter; Scheurich, James Joseph; Smith, David; Spindler, George D.; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M.; Trueba, Henry T.; Wolcott,

• ISBN13: 9780742517363
• ISBN10: 0742517365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Yali Zou is professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies and Director of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of Houston. She has published a number of articles and books on ethnic identity, immigration, and multicultural issues Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba has published a number of books and articles on cultural and linguistic diversity, immigrant children, and resiliency. Dr. Trueba is the Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents' Professor Emeritus in Education, University of Texas, Austin. He was recently elected to the National Academy of Education

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Historical Perspectives on the Ethnography of Schools	1	(12)
Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba
Yali Zou
The Collusion of Illusions and How to Get People to Tell You What They Don't Know	13	(14)
George Spindler
Ethnography? Or Educational Travel Writing?	27	(22)
Harry F. Wolcott
The Destructive Desire for a Depoliticized Ethnographic Methodology: Response to Harry F. Wolcott	49	(6)
James J. Scheurich
The Hidden History of Praxis Theory within Critical Ethnography and the Criticalism/Postmodernism Problematic	55	(32)
Phil Francis Carspecken
Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research	87	(52)
Joe L. Kincheloe
Peter McLaren
Critical Ethnography in the Postcritical Moment	139	(32)
Douglas E. Foley
The Challenge of Urban Ethnography	171	(14)
David M. Smith
Methodological Challenges of Critical Ethnography: Insights from Collaborations on an Indigenous Counter Narrative	185	(10)
Perry Gilmore
Adaptive Strategies of a Chinese Immigrant	195	(28)
Yali Zou
Stories and Structures of Persistence: Ethnographic Learning through Research and Practice in Asian American Studies	223	(34)
Peter Kiang
The Class Clown: A School Liminar	257	(24)
Judy Radigan
Critical Ethnography and Community Change	281	(24)
Miguel A. Guajardo
Francisco J. Guajardo
Index	305