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

 

 

 

ENGAGING IN PARTICIPATORY AND COLLABORATIVE FIELDWORK

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