Ethnographic Eyes: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Observation
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0325002010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 111 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Those who take the journey to understanding with Carolyn and her students will be rewarded for their efforts with new understandings and new ways of seeing the complex and amazing work of teachers and students.”–Judith L. Dixon. Green ; Carol N
. 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
Professors interested in using ethnography with their preservice teachers will particularly appreciate the book's theoretical framework and open-ended assignments.. The challenge to classroom observers is to understand and reveal these implicit patterns. Whether you realize it or not, there is a hidden side of classroom life: everyday practices so ordinary and so routine that they often become invisible. Frank draws on extensive experience in teacher education, demonstrating how ethnography can help you see beneath the surface of classroom life, gain new understanding of diversity, and recognize that difference can be a resource for community building. For Carolyn Frank, ethnography prov
Nice book I bought this book for an education class and it was a very easy read, interesting and informative.. M. Pierce said A Needed Text for Today's Preservice Teachers. If you are an aspiring teacher, a teacher trainer, or an experienced classroom teacher, you will find Dr. Frank's presentation both highly informative and motivating. Dr. Frank successfully takes the reader into a sense of "being there" while opening our eyes to the reality of personal biases. A helpful and friendly feature about her style is her accessibility, i.e., I felt that Dr. Frank was on hand to offer clarification and annotated insights as a means to better equip me in my own observation.. "Helpful Guide" according to Eric A. Scoppetta. This is a helpful guide on how to observe the "culture" of a classroom and write an ethnography. The author helps the reader become aware of how to put aside their own perspectives and see the implicit rules and structures that a teacher creates in his or her classroom.