A comparative study examines ethnic group conflict in California, with its Proposition 187, and in Germany, with its hostility toward foreign residents. Historical and ethnographic studies reveal a connection between historically constructed ethnic ideology, intergroup experience, and education. Education is key to finding new ways of combating…

Comments on Reba Page's methods of teaching about interpretive research methodologies. Points to four potential problems: (1) students have little knowledge of underlying epistemological debates; (2) students are unaware of broader "conversations" between texts; (3) students have read little qualitative research; and (4) students must learn to…

Taps the voices of college-bound high school students concerning what it means to understand and succeed in introductory chemistry. Employs ethnographic and interpretive methods. Contains 33 references. (DDR)

Findings from a study of the experiences of four American students studying in France challenge many common beliefs about the overseas educational experience, and raise questions that hold implications for both study abroad programs and foreign language classrooms. (Author/VWL)

Argues that black masculinities are not expressed in isolation but are shaped by school processes. Reveals that the young black males' relationship with teachers and peers (1) gives them a less positive perception of their masculinity; and (2) without discussion, acts to pathologize their identities causing them to feel responsible for their…

Describes software designers' actions affecting identity performance in computer-mediated communications, particularly within graphical multiuser virtual environments, based on ethnographic research. Discusses how those actions interact with larger social contexts of dominance based on race, class, and gender, as well as designers' understanding…

Focuses on episodes from English classes in four Hong Kong high schools located in different socioeconomic areas. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, argues that different pedagogical approaches may be compatible or incompatible with or may challenge the students. (Author/VWL)

In interviews 30 Chicano/a adults without high school diplomas described their experiences with education: teachers' discriminatory attitudes, lack of academic quality in youth and adult education, and lack of respect for their culture. (SK)

Reports on an ethnographic study of the online program at the University of Colorado. The study identified five themes of the online learning culture: the importance of human interaction, the student work ethic, personal characteristics, thoughtfulness of student comments in an asynchronous environment, and the instructor's critical role as…

Examined role of social class in shaping contours of U.S. white and African American childhoods. Found that middle-class 7- to 10-year-old boys spent time in adult-organized activities stressing public performance and skill development, similar to their school activities, and paralleling the nature of their parents' work. Found working-class…

Argues for need to move beyond model of "parental" involvement in reading, which presently informs home/school reading programmes for linguistic-minority children in UK. First examines literature informing current model showing marked absence of studies on role played by siblings as mediators of literacy in new linguistic and cultural…

Uses an ethnographic research process called Appreciative Inquiry to identify aspects of one urban high school's culture that contributed to its effectiveness, as well as any negative dimensions that may need to be addressed. Describes the Appreciative Inquiry process, explains how it was used, reviews selected results from this high school, and…

Includes four articles that discuss strategic planning in the British Library, including electronic strategies and collaborative partnerships; Harvard University's plans for a digital library infrastructure; the National Gallery of the Spoken Word, a Digital Library Initiative (DLI)-funded project that is language-related; and promoting networked…

Presents an overview of the goals and procedures of qualitative research, and discusses linkages between epistemologies and methodology. Reviews possible guidelines involved in the several steps of the evaluation process of qualitative research, emphasizing naturalistic research with families. Reviews common problems with qualitative research.…

Argues for centrality of living the ethnographic life for any cultural studies students spending a period of time abroad, as this approach is based on a methodology in which data and concepts illuminate each other. Language is no longer separated from social and cultural knowledge but "lived" and developed within a community in which the student…