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Mehan, Hugh – 1982
Questions about students' competence in classrooms are addressed in three parts: the suitability of ethnography as a research strategy, a summary of research that examines the social organization of classroom events, and the consequences of this organization for students' performance in the classroom. The discussion of methodology leads to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Ethnography
Download full textGilmore, Perry, Ed.; Glatthorn, Allan A., Ed. – 1982
The following articles on ethnography and education are presented: (1) "A Retrospective Discussion of the State of the Art in Ethnography in Education," by P. Gilmore and D. M. Smith; (2) "Ethnography in Education: Defining the Essentials," by S. B. Heath; (3) "The Structure of Classroom Events and Their Consequences for Student Performance," by…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Research, Cultural Context, Educational Anthropology
Erickson, Frederick; And Others – 1980
This paper provides information about the nature of fieldwork and fieldwork research training. Fieldwork methods are best at answering the following five questions: (1) What's happening in this field setting? (2) What do the happenings mean to the people involved in them? (3) What do people have to know in order to be able to do what they do in a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Educational Research
Schultz, Jeffrey J.; And Others – 1982
A study was carried on for 2 years in a predominantly Italian-American suburb near Boston. During the period of data-collection, the researchers observed both classroom interaction in a kindergarten/first grade and the interactions of two members of that class at home with their families. The analysis is an attempt to discover what factors in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Communication, Cultural Context, Ethnic Groups
Ginsburg, G. P. – 1981
Studies of the creation and management of impressions have advanced rapidly in recent years. However, relatively little empirical information has been provided about the processes by which impressions are created and managed in routine interaction and about the range of matters about which impressions are created. The excessive use of internal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Context, Human Relations, Interaction Process Analysis
Gorden, Raymond L. – 1970
The general purpose of this project was to produce some reliable and valid knowledge of how differences in the non-linguistic aspects of North American and Latin American socio-cultural patterns (concepts, values, beliefs, norms, expectations, and ethnocentrism) act as barriers to cross-cultural communication. The end product was to be…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Saral, Tulsi B. – 1971
This study is an exploratory attempt to discover how blacks perceive their interactions with whites, in this country. For this purpose it was necessary to examine materials written by black authors and aimed at black readers. It was decided to select such magazines appearing between 1965 and 1969 that had a wide circulation among black readership.…
Descriptors: Black Literature, Content Analysis, Cultural Context, Economically Disadvantaged
