| Jan.16 |
Overview of Course; Intro. to Ethnographic Research Methods; Participant Observation I - Getting Started |
S: 3-84
Eisenhart xerox;
Peshkin xerox;
Heshusius xerox;
Krieger xerox;
Begin writing journal
Begin conducting observations |
| Jan. 23 |
NO CLASS: ME out-of-town |
| Jan. 30 |
Ethics, Rapport Building, & Subjectivity |
S:100-111, 122-129
Whyte xerox;
Lareau xerox
Conduct two participant
observations, write
fieldnotes and journal |
Observation guidelines |
| Feb. 6 |
Participant Observation II -
Creating Fieldnotes |
Sanjeck "fieldnotes" xerox
Wolf xerox,
Brodkey xerox
Spradley xerox
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Interview questions |
| Feb. 13 |
Ethnographic Interviewing I -
 Getting Started
Quality of Ethnographic
Research; Validity &
Generalizability |
Sanjek "validity" xerox
Lincoln & Guba xerox
Conduct two interviews
and transcribe one |
| Feb. 20 |
Ethnographic Interviewing II -
Creating Transcripts
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Miles & Huberman xerox
Weitzman xerox
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Fieldnotes (one set) & journal |
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| Feb. 27 |
Introduction to Data Analysis
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Johnson & Johnson xerox
Harding & Livesay xerox |
| Mar. 6 |
Domain Analysis I - |
S: 85-99, 112-121, 130-139;
Carspecken & Apple xerox;
Holland & Skinner xerox |
| Mar. 13 |
Domain Analysis II - |
Erickson xerox;
Goetz & LeCompte xerox
Strauss xerox
Begin to prepare first
analysis.
Interview transcription
and journal. |
| Mar. 20 |
Vignette Analyses |
V: Whole Book
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First
analysis |
| Mar. 27 |
SPRING BREAK |
| Apr. 3 |
Discourse & Narrative
Analysis |
R: Whole book
Begin to prepare second analysis. |
| Apr. 10 |
Producing an Interpretation;
Project Reports |
Graue xerox
Saville-Troike xerox |
Second analysis |
| Apr. 17 |
Writing an Ethnography
Project Reports |
Gee, et al. xerox;
W: Whole book |
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| Apr. 24 |
AERA: ME out-of-town |
S: 140-172 |
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| May 1 |
Forming Implications and
Conclusions; Project
Reports; Course Wrap-Up |
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| May 9 (Friday) |
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Final Project Paper |