Interpretive Ethnography of Education at Home and Abroad

by Spindler, George; Spindler, Louise

• ISBN13: 9780898599558
• ISBN10: 0898599555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-05-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

General Introduction	p. xi
I Issues and Applications In Ethnographic Methods	p. 1
The Author and His Chapter	p. 9
Teaching and Learning How To Do the Ethnography Of Education	p. 17
On Ethnographic Intent	p. 37
The Author and His Chapter	p. 59
Figure and Section Ethnography and Education In The Multicultural State	p. 61
The Author and His Chapter	p. 79
Ethnographic Educational Evaluation	p. 81
The Author and His Chapter	p. 107
Language and Schooling	p. 109
Comparative And Cross-Cultural	p. 137
The Authors and Their Chapter	p. 141
Schönhausen Revisited And The Rediscovery of Culture	p. 143
The Author and Her Chapter	p. 169
Cultural Knowledge for Teaching First Grade An Example from France	p. 171
The Author and His Chapter	p. 193
A Case of Mistaken Identity Interethnic Images In Multicultural England	p. 195
The Author and His Chapter	p. 219
Chinese Education in a Village Setting	p. 221
The Author and Her Chapter	p. 279
The Author and Her Chapter	p. 311
The Influence of the Ethnic Community on The Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees	p. 313
The Author and Her Chapter	p. 331
Traditions and Transitions In The Learning Process Of Mexican Children: An Ethnographic View	p. 333
The Hidden Curriculum Of Papago Teachers: American Indian Strategies for Mitigating Cultural Discontinuity In Early Schooling	p. 363
A Comparative Analysis Of American Suburban Middle Class, Middle School, And High School Teenage Cliques	p. 385
Small Group Culture and The Emergence of Sexist behavior A Comparative Study Of Four Children's Groups	p. 409
Lower-Track Classes at A College-Preparatory High School: a Caricature Of Educational Encounters	p. 447
Computer Literacy In Practice: Curricula Contradictions, and Context	p. 475
Author Index	p. 495
Subject Index	p. 501
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