Knowing what's local : ethnographic inquiry, education, and democracy

Ethnographic inquiry serves as a unique educational resource that is accessible to students and teachers of all economic and social classes and therefore well suited to building democratic communities in the 21st Century. This book is about teachers, students and parents in the Republic of Kazakhsta...

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Main Authors Landis, David (Author), Mirseitova, Sapargul (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2015.
Subjects
Education > Kazakhstan > History.
Ethnology > Study and teaching > Kazakhstan.
Education > History.
History of education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806611966
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-846-5
Physical Description1 online resource (xxviii, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Principles for developing and supporting teachers and students' ethnographic inquiries
  • Chapter 1. Why ethnographic writing attracts teachers and students
  • Chapter 2. Opportunities for teaching and learning from ethnographic inquiry in a local community
  • Part II: Building teaching and learning for democratic living through ethnographic inquiry
  • Chapter 3. Learning about democracy through ethnographic study of citizenship in local communities
  • Chapter 4. Learning about democracy through ethnographic study of community formation
  • Chapter 5. Connections between ethnographic learning and reading and writing education
  • Part III: Creating educational knowledge around everyday people and ordinary lives
  • Chapter 6. Almaty and columbus: Theorizing the local
  • Appendix a: Code of ethics and sample letter for ethnographic inquiry in local communities.

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