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Buckband, Cory A. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2023
In this reflection, I contextualize my own experiences conducting educational ethnography in a synchronous online kindergarten classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. I highlight how conducting research in online classrooms transforms ethnographic research methodologies and concepts such as the field site. I offer four suggestions, derived from my…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Ethnography, Educational Research
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Robinson, Sarah – Ethnography and Education, 2008
The apparent simplicity of ethnographic methods--studying people in their normal life setting, going beyond what might be said in surveys and interviews to observe everyday practices--is deceptive. Anthropological knowledge is gained through fieldwork and through pursuing a reflexive flexible approach. This study carried out in a non-government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Researchers, Educational Policy
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Jeffrey, Bob; Troman, Geoff – British Educational Research Journal, 2004
Ethnography derives from traditional anthropology, where time in the field is needed to discern both the depth and complexity of social structures and relations. Funding bodies, seeking quick completion, might see ethnographies as unlikely to satisfy 'value for money' criteria, in spite of the rewards to be gained from time-consuming 'thick…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Research, Time, Time Management