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Henderson, Robyn; Woods, Annette – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2016
The challenges of conducting lengthy fieldwork in today's busy academic world have impacted the types of research that are able to be carried out. In particular, traditional educational ethnography has become problematic for research beyond initial doctoral research programs. This article analyzes data collected during a return to the field of a…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Educational Research, Ethnography, Data Collection
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Kew, Bryan; Given, Kim; Brass, Jory – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
In this article, a beginning teacher, experienced teacher, and teacher educator reflect upon their experiences with qualitative self-studies of language and literacy in teacher education courses. The goal of these course projects was to introduce teachers to sociocultural theories, qualitative research, and "new" literacies. Sharing…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Qualitative Research, Multiple Literacies, Beginning Teachers
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Pohlmann, Britta; Moller, Jens – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
People not only use social comparisons to evaluate their abilities, they also engage in dimensional comparisons, comparing their own achievement in different domains. Processes of dimensional comparison have contrasting effects on subject-specific self-concepts: downward dimensional comparisons result in higher self-concept in the…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement, Self Concept
Kim, Youb, Ed.; Risko, Victoria J., Ed.; Compton, Donald L., Ed.; Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Hundley, Melanie K., Ed.; Jimenez, Robert T., Ed.; Leander, Kevin M., Ed.; Rowe, Deborah Wells, Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2008
This publication offers the 57th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). This Yearbook begins with a preface and presents profiles of two awardees, John E. McEneaney and Scott G. Paris. Included in this Yearbook are the following papers: (1) The Education of African-American Students: Voicing the Debates, Controversies, and Solutions…
Descriptors: African American Students, Recreational Reading, Reading Ability, Scholarship