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Dillabough, Jo-Anne; McAlpine, Lynn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1996
Outlines problems associated with using mainstream research methods for evaluating the representation of marginalized cultural groups in social studies textbooks. Describes an alternative method and ethnographic format for assessing textbooks that uses evaluation criteria developed in cooperation with marginalized people. Includes extensive…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Discrimination, Educational Research

Rothenberg, Dianne, Comp. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997
Summarizes recent works addressing intercultural education in Italian schools; curriculum change via schema development; the IEA Preprimary Project; an ethnolinguistic study of 3-year-olds; community service delivery in Australia; Thai child-rearing practices; Korean kindergarten curriculum; a story-telling study in Spain; Effective Early Learning…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Community Services, Curriculum

Haw, Kaye F. – British Educational Research Journal, 1996
Investigates the ethical issues arising out of a field research project on the educational experiences of Muslim girls in a private Muslim girls' school and a single-sex state school. Argues for a feminist and poststructural approach to the research process with the subjectivity of the researcher explicitly acknowledged. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Experience, Educational Principles, Educational Research

Lipman, Pauline – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
An ethnographic case study of teacher collaboration and decision making in restructuring a junior high school (750 students, 49 teachers) is presented, and implications for low-achieving African American students are discussed. The study suggests that school, community, and national contexts influence educators involved in restructuring efforts.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Context Effect

Weis, Lois; Centrie, Craig – American Educational Research Journal, 2002
Studied the effect of programs within desegregated schools that serve an identified population of students for cultural affirmation and advancement. Ethnographic data from a girls' group at an urban magnet school and a Vietnamese students' homeroom, focusing on 20 high school students, in an urban comprehensive school demonstrate both the power of…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Awareness, Ethnography, High School Students

Osborne, A. Barry – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1989
Outlines power relationships that exist in the schools of a small-scale, Zuni (New Mexico) community. Describes complex set of insider-outsider relationships, analyzes their effects, and provides support for McDermott's notion of collusion. Highlights complexities teachers face in providing culturally responsive pedagogy in a small-scale,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
Smithmier, Angela – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1994
An ethnographic study of high school seniors in a small rural midwestern high school revealed that, although there was a lack of direct parent and community involvement, the small cohesive class of 30 students constructed a school culture that promoted participation, cooperation, high expectations, and academic achievement. (LP)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Cultural Context, Educational Experience, Ethnography
Pham, Lee – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
Presents various viewpoints on dual language acquisition by children. These include native language foundation, first-language monolinguals' vocabulary development, second-language learning, simultaneous acquisition strategies, television as a source of language learning, functions of language in discourse, analysis of conversation, syntax and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography

Velazquez, Loida C. – Rural Educator, 1995
A study examined migrant farmworkers' perceptions regarding their early schooling, the significance of education, family support for learning, and their participation in adult basic education programs. Suggests that adult basic education programs should address the totality of needs that migrant learners bring to the educational setting. Overviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Traits, Culture Conflict, Educational Attitudes

Ruiz, Nadeen T. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
An ethnographic study of one elementary bilingual special education classroom found three profile types of students, ranging from severe language learning disabilities to normal abilities. Results show the inadequacy of the medical model and support a contextual performance view that acknowledges the role of instructional context in revealing the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Education, Context Effect, Disability Identification

Prado-Olmos, Patricia L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
Four third-grade bilingual-program students were observed repeatedly as they engaged in group discussions of reading comprehension questions as part of a cooperative learning curriculum. Rather than being an exchange of ideas, the discussion activity mimicked teacher and student roles in the larger classroom, demonstrating influences of classroom…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Context Effect

Semons, Maryann – Urban Review, 1991
How students' ethnicity perceptions affect the educational process is ethnographically studied through interviews of about 50 students attending a multiethnic high school in a California city. Ethnicity's relevance varies depending on social situations and students' interpretations of events. Denial of one's ethnic identity centers around…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Environment, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity

Webb, Jaci; And Others – Urban Review, 1993
Discusses ongoing ethnographic research on interpersonal caring at an inner-city elementary school. Analyzes the perceptions of teachers, parents, teaching assistants, and students concerning how they describe what acting in the best interest of others means. Considers issues that may hinder the construction of shared meaning. (JB)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Students, Context Effect, Cultural Differences

Walker, Emilie V. Siddle – Urban Review, 1993
Reviews the daily interactions identified as part of the interpersonal "caring" in "good" segregated schools, discusses the response of students to caring, and explores the significance of caring in historical context and implications for current reform. Uses data from a historical ethnographic study of Caswell County Training…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Black History, Black Institutions

Fordham, Signithia – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Explores the impact of gender diversity on school achievement, using data from an ethnographic study of academic success among 33 eleventh-grade students in a Washington (DC) high school. The normalized definition of femaleness juxtaposed with a dominating patriarchy propels African-American females to resist images that assert their nothingness.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Ethnography, Females