University
of Pennsylvania
21st Annual Ethnography in Education
Research Forum
“Broadening and Deepening Our
Ethnographic Scope”
All
sessions are held in the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and Stiteler Hall,
with the exception of the Keynote Address which will be held in Meyerson Hall.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd,
2000 DATA ANALYSIS SESSIONS
Data Analysis Session I:
9:30 am-11:30 am
Location: GSE C-12
Discussants: Nancy H. Hornberger, University of
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Shultz,
Beaver College
“The Effect of a
Science Work Experience Program for Teachers on the Classroom Environment: A Qualitative Evaluation”
Presenter: Wendy
Frazier, Teachers College, Columbia University
“How 6 Females of
Central American Descent Understand Science”
Presenter: Carolyn
Parker, University of Maryland
“Soy Yo: Contextualized Reading and Writing with
Puerto Rican Middle-School Students”
Presenter: Melisa
Cahnmann, University of Pennsylvania
“Portuguese Children
at School in London: An Ethnographic Study
of Identity, Integration, and Mother Tongue Development”
Presenter: Olga
Barradas, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Data Analysis Session II:
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Location: GSE C-12
Discussants: Jenny Denyer, Michigan State
University
Bill Rosenthal,
Muhlenberg University
“I DON’T NEED TO TAKE
THIS COURSE! – OR, DO I? A Student
Perspective on the Value of Freshman Learning Communities”
Presenter: Barbara
Jackson, Indiana University
“Exploring Teachers’
Opportunities to Learn Studying the Process of Learning to Engage in Teacher
Research”
Presenter: Cynthia
Brock, University of Nevada - Reno
“Understanding Teacher
Candidates’ Learning to Teach for Understanding”
Presenter: Loucia
D. Constantinou, Michigan State University
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd,
2000 SPECIAL SYMPOSIA
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY OF
EDUCATION: WHAT IS IT?
Linguistic Anthropology
Session: 2:30-4:30
Location: D-9/10
Discussant: Nancy H. Hornberger, University of
Pennsylvania
Convenor:: Stanton
Wortham, University of Pennsylvania
Panel: Sheila
Aikman, University of London
Anthony
Berkeley, University of Michigan
Alexandra Jaffe,
The University of Southern Mississippi
Kevin O’Connor,
Clark University
James Collins,
SUNY Albany
Agnes He, SUNY
Stony Brook
Betsy Rimes,
University of Georgia
RESEARCHING MULTILINGUAL
LITERACY PRACTICES
Multilingual Literacies
Session: 4:45-6:45
Location: GSE D-9/10
Discussant: Nancy
H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania
Convenors: Mike
Baynham, University of Technology, Sydney
“Researching
Multilingual Literacy Practices”
Presenter: Mike
Baynham, University of Technology, Sydney
“An Ethnographic View of Multilingual
Literacy Practices: Issues and
Principles for Contexts of Teaching and Learning in a Globalizing World”
Presenter: Kathryn
Jones, Lancaster University
“Literacy Practices in
a Small, Rural Ni-Vanuatu Village”
Presenter: Helen
Lobanga Tamtam, Teachers’ College, Vanuatu
“Literacy Practices in
a Bilingual Community”
Presenter: Ken
Cruickshank, University of Sydney
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2000 A SESSIONS 10:00
am-11:15 am
URBAN EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH: METHODS, PEDAGOGICAL
PRACTICES, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Location: GSE C-34
“Skating on Thin
Ice: On the Silencing of Scratch Notes”
Presenter: David
Keiser, University of California, Berkeley
“Managing ‘Diversity’
at Special High: An Ethnographic Case
Study of the Social World of an Urban Magnet High School”
Presenter: Joseph
D. Cytrynbaum, University of Pennsylvania
“Triangulating Data
about Exemplary Urban Teachers with Focus Groups”
Presenters: Peter McDermott, The Sage Colleges
Julia
Rothenberg, The Sage Colleges
MORE ON OUR MINDS: TOWARD BROADER PREPARATION OF EDUCATORS
THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE IN SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS
Location: GSE D-9/10
Discussant: Susan
Goetz-Haver, Bank Street College of Education
Panel: Linda
Levine, Bank Street College of Education
Frank
Pignatelli, Bank Street College of Education
Reeda Toppin,
Bank Street College of Education
Eileen Wasow,
Bank Street College of Education
LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN
EDUCATION: POLICIES, PRACTICES &
REVITALIZATION
Location: GSE D-11
“Examining Reactions
to Proposition 227 Through Teachers’ Eyes:
What They See, How They Feel and What They Do”
Presenter: Sharon
H. Ulanoff, California State University
“Social Construction
of ‘Successful Adjustment’ in Japanese Elementary School”
Presenter: Hiromi Akiyama, University of
Pennsylvania
“Language Maintenance
and Revitalization In Jakaltengo, Guatemala”
Presenter: Karla Silvestre, University of
Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2000 B SESSIONS 11:30 am-12:45 pm
THE ROLE OF AGENCY IN
TAKING UP EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Location: GSE C-34
“Imagining the Past
and Defining the Present in the Learning of U.S. History”
Presenters: Khaled Furani, City University of
New York Graduate Center
“Examining
Resistance: A Case Study of
Incarcerated Youth”
Presenters: Judith Chicurel
David
W. Kritt, College of Staten Island/CUNY
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2000 B SESSIONS (cont.) 11:30 am-12:45 pm
WRITING LIVES, WRITING THE
WORLD: HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH EXPLORE LITERACY AND IDENTITY
Location: GSE D-9/10
“Literacies,
Sexual Identities and Safety”
Presenter: Mollie Blackburn, University of
Pennsylvania
“Madaz Publishing: Literacy, Identity, and Classroom Interaction”
Presenter: Bob
Fecho, University of Georgia
“Constructing Literate Identities In and Out of
School Contexts”
Presenter: Katherine
Schultz, University of Pennsylvania
PURSUING
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Location: GSE
D-11
“Benevolent Patriarchs
and ‘Good Parents’: A Hegemonic
Partnership in Early Childhood Reform”
Presenter: Mary Cornish, University of
Arizona
“A Tale of Two Charter
Schools”
Presenter: Jacqueline Leonard, Temple
University
“Profiles
of Four Elementary Teachers Involved with School Reform”
Presenter: Denise McDonald, University of
Houston
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd
, 2000 C SESSIONS
2:30 pm-3:45 pm
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
REDEFINED: LINKS BETWEEN JUVENILE COURT
AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Location: GSE B-26
Discussant: Rodney Hopson, Duquesne University
Convenor: Brian
Williams, Emory University
“Schools, Violence,
and Juvenile Court: An Overview of
Ethnographic Studies and Key Findings”
Presenter: Carla Monroe, Emory University
“From ‘Disruptive
Student’ to ‘Juvenile Delinquent’:
Analyzing How and Why Students are Referred from School to Juvenile
Court”
Presenter: Jennifer E. Obidah, Emory
University
“In the System: Students Charged with ‘Disrupting Public
School’”
Presenter: Marquita
Jackson-Minot, Emory University
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd , 2000 C
SESSIONS (cont.) 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
WORLD LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION: DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE
COMPETENCE
Location: GSE C-11
“Interculturality and
the Emotional Dimension in Foreign Language Learning”
Presenter: Phyllis
Ryan, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
“A Case Study of
Exploring L2 Communicative Competence in a Study Abroad Context”
Presenter: Rika
Saito, University of Pennsylvania
“Teachers’
Instructional Behavior and Classroom Language Environment: An Ethnographic Study of Chinese Tertiary
EFL
Classrooms”
Presenter: He
An E, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
AFRICAN EDUCATION IN THE 21st
CENTURY: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES FROM THE
FIELD
Location: GSE C-34
“The Ideology of
News-Time Literacy”
Presenter: Ralph Adendorff, University of
Natal
“’Today
You Can’t Survive Without School’:
Discourses of Education and Development in Botswana”
Presenter: Jennifer Hays, University of
Albany, SUNY
“Drumming
and Dancing in the Classroom”
Presenter: Cati Coe, University of
Pennsylvania
Location: GSE
C-43
Discussant: Eva Gold, Research for Action
“Culture of Learning
Collaborative: Staff of a Research Organization
Examine Their Culture and Community of Learning and Take Action For
Professional and Personal Growth”
Panel: Robert
Ballenger, Research For Action
Rhonda
Mordecai-Phillips, Research for Action
Guadalupe
Rivera, Research for Action
Hitomi Yoshida,
Research for Action
ARTS AND MUSEUM EDUCATION
PROGRAMS AS PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES
Location: GSE D-11
“Negotiating
Drama into Urban Elementary Classrooms”
Presenter: Beth
Murray, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
“Developing
‘Carnival’ as an Aspect of the Curriculum in Primary Schools and Initial
Teacher Training Courses: Some Issues
Relating
to Creativity, Culture and Education in a Modern Multicultural Society”
Presenter: Celia
Burgess-Macey, Goldsmiths College, University of London
“Exhibit
Development as Self Discovery or Social Critique: ‘Truth: Our Untold
History’ – A Student Response to Museums”
Presenter: Therese Quinn, University of
Illinois at Chicago
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd , 2000 C
SESSIONS (cont.) 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
DIVERSITY: AN INITIATIVE AT THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION,
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY/BROOKLYN CAMPUS
Location: GSE D-44
“The
Diversity Series at Long Island University”
Presenter: Margie
Rubens, Long Island University
“The Diversity
Stories: Confronting Difference with
Urban Student Teachers”
Presenter: Jessica
Trubek, Long Island University
“Valuing
Differences: Teaching and Learning in
Inclusive Classes”
Presenter: Laurie
R. Lehman, Long Island University
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd , 2000 D
SESSIONS 4:00 pm-5:15 pm
EXAMINING THE SOCIAL
PRACTICES LINKED TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Location: GSE B-26
“Understanding
Disciplinary Practice”
Presenter: Regina
Smardon, University of Pennsylvania
“Everyday Practices of
the Marcus Garvey School of Human Rights:
The Case of Discipline”
Presenter: Melissa
Romanotto, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Finding a
Framework: Examining Preservice Methods
Course Instruction Related to Classroom Management”
Presenter: Paul
Vellom, The Ohio State University
EXPLORING CULTURE,
COMMUNITY, AND IDENTITY
Location: GSE B-27
“Looking Harder at
Whiteness: Collaborative Dialogue and
Alternative Practice”
Presenter: Virginia
Lea, Sonoma State University
“Too Long in Exile”
Presenter: Chris
Kearney, Goldsmiths College, University of London
“Jewish Identity in a
Secular Community”
Presenter: Joan
Maya Mazelis, University of Pennsylvania
SITUATING LEARNING: THE INFLUENCES OF LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND
POLITICS IN MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMS
Location: GSE C-11
“Behind the Teachers’
Backs: Arab and Jewish Students
Learning in Each Others’ Company”
Presenter:
Jocelyn A. Glazier,
Michigan State University
“Educational Moments
Outside of Lessons: Broadening the
Ethnographic Scope in a Latino Classroom”
Presenter:
James Mullooly,
Teachers College, Columbia University
“Negotiating
Positioning with Classroom Peers:
Social Interactions of Japanese-Brazilian Students in a Japanese
Elementary
School”
Presenter: Kyoko
Morita, University of Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd , 2000 D
SESSIONS (cont.) 4:00 pm-5:15 pm
IDENTITY, POWER, AND
EDUCATION IN DESEGRATED AND POST-APARTHEID CONTEXTS
Location: GSE C-34
“Voices of
Critique: Challenging Silences and
Conformity at a Post-Desegregated Middle School”
Presenter:
Tricia Niesz,
University of Pennsylvania
“Evaluation Research
in a Rural Adult Learning Project in South Africa and the Cultivation of
Dependency Rituals”
Presenters: Elizabeth
Henning, Rand Afrikaans University
Penny
Tyawa, University of Witwatersrand
MULTIPLE LITERACIES: LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, AND SOCIAL PRACTICE
Location: GSE C-43
“ ‘I Am a
Promise. I Am a Possibility. I Can Be Anything That I Want to Be’: How Cambodian Youth Construct What is
Possible for Them”
Presenter: Theresa
McGinnis, University of Pennsylvania
“The Politics of
Progress: Individual Difference in
Literate Development and the Construct of ‘Struggle’ among Urban,
African-American Youths”
Presenter: Kailonnie
Dunsmore, Michigan State University
“Classroom Emergent
Literacy Practices in Post-Colonial Eritria”
Presenter: Martha
Wagar Wright, University of Pennsylvania
THE IDEOLOGIES OF
INCLUSION: EDUCATING LINGUISTICALLY,
CULTURALLY, AND ACADEMICALLY DIVERSE CHILDREN
Location: GSE D-11
“Extremes of Inclusion
and Their Moderation”
Presenter: Kelvin
L. Seifert, University of Manitoba
“Locating Ideology in
Talk and Practice: Understanding the
Over-Referral of African American Students in Special Education
Presenter: Tamara D.
Gathright, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“The Complexities of
Learning to Negotiate Difference:
Creating a Non-Linear, 25, Multilayered Text to Represent changing
Practice in Inclusive Education”
Presenter: Elizabeth
M. Altieri, Emory & Henry College
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR
LOW-INCOME, URBAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Location: GSE D-44
“The Role of
Reciprocal Teaching Process: A Study of
Two Students in a Remedial Reading Class at a Major University”
Presenter: Bettina
P. Murray, Fordham University
“After-School Care as
Academic and Social Enrichment for Low-Income Urban Children”
Presenter: Sarah
Kaplan Bogdanow, University of Pennsylvania
“Life Skills Training
in Adult Literacy”
Presenter: Susan Eachus, University of
Pennsylvania