New directions in educational ethnography : shifts, problems, and reconstruction

Front Cover
New Directions in Educational Ethnography: Shifts, Problems, and Reconstruction
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: New Directions in Educational Ethnography: Shifts, Problems, and Reconstruction
	Building on the Critical and Counterhemonic Vision of Ethnography in Education
	Building on the Spatial Turn in Educational Ethnography
	Layout of the Book Volume
	Notes
	Acknowledgments
	References
Against All Odds: The Ethnography of Hope among Haitian Youth in Difficult Circumstances
	Introduction
	Background: Perspectives on Aspirations of Youth in Difficult Circumstances
		Perspectives on Youth in Haiti
	The Ethnography of Hope among Disadvantaged Youth in Haiti
		Mobility
		Becoming Someone: Hopes for Personhood
		Identity beyond the Personal: Collective Aspirations and the Nation
	Conclusion: The Ethnography of Youth Figuring the Future
	Notes
	References
Using Queer Theory to Read the Hushing of Boys’ Reading: “A thought of a Method” of Queer Educational Ethnography
	Introduction
	Exploring Interpretive Approaches to Educational Narratives
		Ethnographic Traditions in Classrooms and in Child Development
		Queer and Transgender Approaches to Gender
		Using Queer Theory as a Framework for Seeing Gender and for Reading/Researching in Classrooms
	The Stories of David and José
	Discussion
	Notes
	References
Where Machines Rant, Recite Poems, and Take Outrageous Selfies: An Ethnography of a Teachers' Facebook Group
	Introduction
	The Study
	The Facebook as a Research Site
	Conceptualizing Teachers Agency in Education Reform
	The Heavy Burden of K-12 Reform
	TFG Was Originally Meant for File Sharing
	Toiling at the Underbelly of Philippine Society
	Teacher Factor for Life!
	Teacher Are Nannies
	Low Regard because of Low IQ and Low English Proficiency
	Lamentations about Performance-Based Bonus
	We Are Not a Robot Nor a Carabao!
	Facebook Politics
	Discussion
		Teacher Derision
	Teachers’ Hard Labor
	Business Model Education Reform
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Relying on Local Contexts to Foster and Thwart Black Student Academic Success: An Ethnographic Account of Teachers Fosterin...
	Literature Review
	Theoretical Framework
	Methods
		Data Collection
		Research Sites
		Participants and Selection Criteria
		Data Analysis
		Trustworthiness
		Findings: Teachers Relying on Local Contexts to Foster Academic Success
		A Systematic Exclusion of Blacks
		Working toward Equity
		Access Is Enough
	Conclusion and Implications
	Notes
	References
The Emergence of Critical Presence Ethnography: Capturing the Ripples of Self in Educational Contexts
	Introduction
		Ethnography
			A Brief History
			Ethnography’s Eurocentric and Colonizing Origins
			Critical Ethnography
		The Ethnographer, the Self, and Positionality
		The Emergence of Critical Presence Ethnography
			Critical Presence Ethnography in Educational Contexts
			Ayana’s Critical Presence Reflection
			Stephen’s Critical Presence Reflection
		A New Direction through Critical Presence
	References
(Critical) Educational Ethnography: Methodological Premise and Pedagogical Objectives
	Educational Ethnography
	Critical Ethnography
	(Critical) Educational Ethnography: Premise and Essential Elements
		Essential and Defining Elements
			Articulation of a Critical Context
			Understanding and Defining Culture
			Relationship and Embeddedness
			Multiple Ways of Knowing
	Pedagogical Objectives, Opportunities, and Challenges
		Objective 1: Articulate Critical Context
		Objective 2: Understand and Define Culture
		Objective 3: Understand Relationship and Embeddedness
		Objective 4: Identify Multiple and Contextual Ways of Knowing
	Conclusion
	References
A Critical Ethnographic Approach to Transforming Norms of Whiteness in Marginalized Parents’ Engagement and Activism in Schools
	Race Consciousness in Parent Engagement: Leveraging CRT and CWS
	The Parent Mentor Program in Rivertown
	Redefining Parent Engagement, Involvement, and Activism
	Researcher Positionality
		Denise
		Marguerite
	Race-Conscious Positionality in a Multiracial Research Team
	Critical Ethnographic Methods
	“Getting Your Foot in the Door”: Reinscribing Whiteness through Assimilation
	The Critical Juncture of Scholarship and Activism: Resisting Whiteness
	The Beginnings of Undoing Whiteness
	Discussion
	Notes
	References
Ethnography as Subject, Ethnography as Object: Experimenting with Research in a College Writing Classroom
	Ethnography as Subject
		Literacy and Identity
		Action Research
		Ethnography in the College Classroom
	Failing to Succeed? An Ethnographic Experiment
	Ethnography as Object
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Teaching through Discussion: A Mixed Qualitative Methods Study of Educator Facilitation Practices in a Small Group Learning...
	Problem and Contribution Statements
	Study Methods
		Positionality Statement
		Study Setting
		Informant Characteristics
		Study Design
		Study Procedures
			Data Sources and Data Collection
			Case Selection
	Analysis
		Units of Analysis
		Data Reduction and Coding
	Findings
		Balance Between Focus and Engagement
		Diversified Facilitation Practices
		Micro-Avenues of Facilitation
	Conclusion
		Implications for Teaching and Classroom Practice
		Implications for Mixed Qualitative Methods Research
		Limitations and Future Research
	Final Remarks
	Notes
	Acknowledgments
	References
About the Authors
Index