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Microethnography. How Teachers Really Do Look at their Classrooms. Observation. Skills Strategies Attitudes “eyes in the back of the head”. Ethnography. ἔθνος ethnos = people Cultural & Social Anthropology Sociolinguistics Pedagogy & Classrooms. Microethnography.
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Microethnography How Teachers Really Do Look at their Classrooms SERA Feb 8, 2007
Observation • Skills • Strategies • Attitudes “eyes in the back of the head” SERA Feb 8, 2007
Ethnography • ἔθνοςethnos = people • Cultural & Social Anthropology • Sociolinguistics • Pedagogy & Classrooms SERA Feb 8, 2007
Microethnography slice of everyday reality, such as instruction Smith, 1978 Stokrocki, 1988 Bloome, et al 2005 Streeck (to appear) SERA Feb 8, 2007
Watching Children • Montessori: On Observation .pps Montessori (1912/1995) SERA Feb 8, 2007
Observation Strategies • Strategies .pps SERA Feb 8, 2007
Perspective Taking • Ability to understand one’s own & another’s viewpoint • Observer- ->O/P - ->P/O- ->Participant • Reflecting-in-Action • Teacher-as-Learner • Teacher-as-Researcher (Puckett & Black, 2005). SERA Feb 8, 2007
Analysis • Accounting for Culture • Developmental Milestones • Interpreting Observations .pps SERA Feb 8, 2007
Discourse Analysis • How does language do things? • Speech Act • Speech Acts .pps SERA Feb 8, 2007
Training Pre-service Teachers • The Blue Book • The Artifact • The Whole • Guidelines: SERA Feb 8, 2007
References Bloome, D., Carter, Christian, Otto, & Shuart-Faris (2005) Discourse Analysis and the Study of Classroom Language and Literacy Events: A Microthenographic Perspective. Lawrence Erlbaum. Montessori (1912/1995) The Montessori Method. Schocken Books. Puckett & Black (2005) The Young Child: Development from Prebirth Through Age Eight Smith, L (1978) An evolving logic of participant observation, educational ethnography, and other case studies. In L.S. Shulman (Ed.) Review of Research in Education, 6 (pp. 316-377). Ithasca,IL: I.E. Peacock for the AERA. Stokrocki, M (1988) Teaching preadolescents during a nine-week sequence: The negotiator approach. Studies in Art Education, 30 (1), 37-46. J. Streeck & Siri Mehus (to appear) Microethnography: The Study of Practices. Handbook of Language and Social Interaction. Ed. by K. Fitch & R. Sanders. Lawrence Erlbaum. SERA Feb 8, 2007
Resources Beaty, J. (2002) Observing Development of the Young Child. Merrill. Billman & Sherman (2003) Observation and Participation in Early Childhood Settings: A Practicum Guide. Allyn & Bacon. Curtis & Carter (2000) The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching. Redleaf Press. Jablon, Dombro, & Dichtelmiller (1999) The Power of Observation. Teaching Strategies. Leonard (1997) I Spy Something: A Practical Guide to Classroom Observations of Young Children. SECA. SERA Feb 8, 2007