Ethnographic Interviewing for Teacher Preparation and Staff Development A Field Guide

Name: Ethnographic Interviewing for Teacher Preparation and Staff Development A Field Guide
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ISBN: 9780807752562

ISBN-10: 0807752568

ISBN-13: 9780807752562

Edition: 2011

Authors: Carolyn Frank, Sonya Douglass Horsford

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Are you using interviews in your classroom? Carolyn Frank's new book on interviewing is a powerful tool for teachers and educational researchers. Through an anthropological frame, this book explains techniques for ethnographic interviews and observations in and out of the classroom. Carolyn Frank shows how teachers in particular can use interviewing to improve their teaching and communicate better with students and parents. It can also be used as an excellent guide for teacher researchers inquiring into their own practice and for educational researchers who want to know how they can learn more about classroom life, especially in an elementary setting. There are specifics on developing…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 10/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.396

A former teacher, Carolyn Frank is currently an assistant professor in the charter school of education at California State University, Los Angeles. Frank is also a research fellow of the South Coast Writing Project.



Acknowledgement



Introduction


Ethnography


Culture


Scope of This Book


Data Collection


Ethnographic Interviews


Summary



Ethnographic Questions


Ethnographic Interviews as Speech Events


Grand Tour Questions


Elements of Ethnographic Interviews


Food as a Source of Culture Awareness


Summary



Interviewing Parents During Home Visits


Ethnographic Interviews During Home Visits


Against a Theory of Cultural Deprivation


Grand Tours of the Home


Eliciting Information: Observing the Home


Successes and Problems with Home Visits


When the Teacher Does Not Speak the Language


Summary



Interviewing Children


Challenges with Interviewing Children


Case Study: Interviewing Karen


Preservice Teachers Interviewing Children


Children in ESL Classes/English Learners as Child Informants


Interviewing Children at Home


Children with Special Needs


Summary



Interviewing Teachers in Teacher Education


How Ethnographic Interviews Explain Observations


Questions for Student Teachers to Ask


Questions for Preservice Teachers to Ask


Ethnography Based on Evidence


How Interviews Answer Questions from Observations


How Ethnographic Questions Expand Teacher Answers


Summary



Ethnography in the Classroom


Students as Ethnographers


Ethnographer of the Day


How Student Ethnography Helps Teachers


Summary



Conclusion


Teachers and Children, Teachers and Parents


Ethnography and Preservice Teachers


Ethnography in the Classroom


Home Visits


References


Index


About the Author