Critical ethnography and education

• Other Authors: Carspecken, Phil Francis, 1951-, Walford, Geoffrey
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.
• Series: Studies in educational ethnography ; v. 5.
• Subjects: Educational anthropology.; Social research & statistics.; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies.; Education > Multicultural Education.

Volume five of this expanding series of books draws together a collection of papers based on a particular form of critical ethnography developed by Phil Francis Carspecken and his colleagues at the University of Houston. Each chapter is based on a unique field project conducted in the Houston area w...

Table of Contents:

• Preface / Geoffrey Walford
• Critical ethnographies from Houston: distinctive features and directions / Phil Francis Carspecken
• Between the lines: constructing parallel levels of meaning and identity in discussions about multicultural literature / Joan Parker-Webster
• The class clown and negotiated epistemology in a classroom / Judy Radigan
• Instructional supervision: collaborative power, super power or visionary power? / Ruth Silva
• A critical ethnography of the professional community in a restructured school: recognizing diverse views / Lawrence Kohn
• Reforming educational practice against the boundaries of (re)iteration: a critical ethnography of the hidden curriculum of a constructivist charter school / Barbara Korth
• Testing white culture: African American students and standardized testing / Judith Hansen
• Negotiating meaning and power: Middle school students interpret literature and selves through discussion and recall / Leigh Van Horn.