The Meaning and Use of Context in Ethnographic Research: Implications for Validity.

Trueba, Henry T.

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ERIC Number: EJ275026

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Publication Date: 1981

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The Meaning and Use of Context in Ethnographic Research: Implications for Validity.

Trueba, Henry T.

NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v6 n2-3 p21-34 Win-Spr 1981-82

The article reviews some of the controversial issues regarding macro- and micro-ethnographic approaches and their implications for validity of ethnographic description, discusses the notion of context and its application to various research settings, and gives an account of the various problems encountered by researchers working in bilingual instructional settings. (NQA)

Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Context Clues, Cultural Context, Ethnography, Sociolinguistics

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Language: English

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