Ethnography in Education


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  • Welcome to this month’s theme on ethnography in education research! From the promise of radio learning nearly a century ago, to the recent hype around One Laptop Per Child, to the current excitement around massive open online courses (MOOCs), education has been a site of constant reform efforts – or, as education researcher Larry Cuban puts it, “tinkering.” While using “big data” to evaluate these reforms has its allure (and can be useful in ethnographic research, as Jenna and Ayman have shown us in previous posts), ethnography is unique in being able to dig below the surface and uncover the complicated processes and contingent effects of education and education reform.

Demystifying MOOCs: An Eye-Opening Ethnographic Study of Online Education

Demystifying MOOCs: An Eye-Opening Ethnographic Study of Online Education

On the Importance of Ethnography in Education: an interview with Mizuko 'Mimi' Ito

On the Importance of Ethnography in Education: an interview with Mizuko ‘Mimi’ Ito

Ethnographic Entanglements: How having multiple roles enriched my research in Nicaragua

Ethnographic Entanglements: How having multiple roles enriched my research in Nicaragua

Ethnography and the Geography of Learning

Ethnography and the Geography of Learning

Connecting the Dots: Researcher Positionality in Participant Observation

Connecting the Dots: Researcher Positionality in Participant Observation

Interactive eBooks and Reading Comprehension - I'll Meet You There

Interactive eBooks and Reading Comprehension – I’ll Meet You There

Collateral Benefits: Focus Groups as Social Support Groups

Collateral Benefits: Focus Groups as Social Support Groups

Why Digital Inequality Scholarship Needs Ethnography

Why Digital Inequality Scholarship Needs Ethnography

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