Beyond the classroom walls : ethnographic inquiry as pedagogy / June A. Gordon.

By:

Gordon, June A, 1950-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781136706011
1136706011
130682589X
9781306825894
9781315023571
1315023571
1136706089
9781136706080

Other title:

Ethnographic inquiry as pedagogy

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond the Classroom Walls.DDC classification:

306.43/0973 23

LOC classification:

LB45 .G65 2002eb

Other classification:

5,3
DO 9002
DV 2850
306.430973

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Contents:

Students re-engaging their home communities -- Immigrants and education -- Future teachers assist in urban, low-income, multicultural classrooms -- "Masks of normality": teacher training on a military base -- Confronting the larger community of helping professionals -- Homevisits -- Deconstructing youth at-risk -- Adult educators inquire into workplace stress -- First quarter attrition: community college staff and faculty ask why.

Summary: This book integrates ethnographic research with teacher education strategies, with the aim of preparing teachers to work with urban and low-income youth in schools and other social service agencies. Through various case studies, Gordon provides insight into how educators in diverse settings can engage students-be they preservice or veteran teachers-in the process of discovering the complexity of their students' lives, as well as their own.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book integrates ethnographic research with teacher education strategies, with the aim of preparing teachers to work with urban and low-income youth in schools and other social service agencies. Through various case studies, Gordon provides insight into how educators in diverse settings can engage students-be they preservice or veteran teachers-in the process of discovering the complexity of their students' lives, as well as their own.