The Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education

A state-of-the-art reference on educational ethnography edited by leading journal editors This book brings an international group of writers together to offer an authoritative state-of-the-art review of, and critical reflection on, educational ethnography as it is being theorized and practiced today—from rural and remote settings to virtual and visual posts. It provides a definitive reference point and academic resource for those wishing to learn more about ethnographic research in education and the ways in which it might inform their research as well as their practice. Engaging in equal measure with the history of ethnography, its current state-of play as well as its prospects, The Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education covers a range of traditional and contemporary subjects—foundational aims and principles; what constitutes ‘good’ ethnographic practice; the role of theory; global and multi-sited ethnographic methods in education research; ethnography’s many forms (visual, virtual, auto-, and online); networked ethnography and internet resources; and virtual and place-based ethnographic fieldwork.  Makes a return to fundamental principles of ethnographic inquiry, and describes and analyzes the many modalities of ethnography existing today Edited by highly-regarded authorities of the subject with contributions from well-known experts in ethnography Reviews both classic ideas in the ethnography of education, such as “grounded theory”, “triangulation”, and “thick description” along with new developments and challenges An ideal source for scholars in libraries as well as researchers out in the field The Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education is a definitive reference that is indispensable for anyone involved in educational ethnography and questions of methodology.

Notes on Contributors ix  Introduction 1 Dennis Beach, Carl Bagley, and Sofia Marques da Silva  Part One 15  1 Recognizable Continuity: A Defense of Multiple Methods 17 Geoffrey Walford  2 Lived Forms of Schooling: Bringing the Elementary Forms of Ethnography to the Science of Education 31 Mats Trondman, Paul Willis, and Anna Lund  3 Tales of Working Without/Against a Compass: Rethinking Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Ethnography 51 Barbara Dennis  4 Communities of Practice and Pedagogy 71 Sara DelamontandPaul Atkinson  5 Critical Bifocality 91 Lois WeisandMichelle Fine  6 Ethnographic Writing 113 Bob Jeffrey  7 What Can Be Learnt?: Educational Ethnography, the Sociology of Knowledge, and Ethnomethodology 135 Christoph Maeder  Part Two 151  8 Changing Conceptions of Culture and Ethnography in Anthropology of Education in the United States 153 Margaret Eisenhart  9 Ethnography of Schooling in England: A History and Assessment of Its Early Development 173 Martyn Hammersley  10 Latin American Educational Ethnography 195 Diana MilsteinandAngeles Clemente  11 Curriculum, Ethnography, and the Context of Practice in the Field of Curriculum Policies in Brazil 215 Alice Casimiro LopesandMaria de Lourdes Rangel Tura  12 Ethnographic Research in Schools: Historical Roots and Developments with a Focus on Germany and Switzerland 233 Anja Sieber EggerandGisela Unterweger  13 Ethnography and Education in an African Context 257 Maropeng ModibaandSandra Stewart  Part Three 323  14 Visual Ethnography in Education 325 Gunilla Holm  15 Lost in Performance? Rethinking and Reworking the Methodology of Educational Ethnography: Artistic and Performance Perspectives 355 Jim Mienczakowski  16 Staging Resistance: Theatres of the Oppressed 375 Norman K. Denzin  17 Agential Realism and Educational Ethnography: Guidance for Application from Karen Barad’s New Materialism and Charles Sanders Peirce’s Material Semiotics 403 Jerry Lee Rosiek  18 Multi‐sited Global Ethnography and Elite Schools: A Methodological Entrée 423 Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey, Debbie Epstein, Aaron Koh, Cameron McCarthy, and Fazal Rizvi  19 Educational Ethnography In and For a Mobile Modernity 443 Martin Forsey  20 On Network(ed) Ethnography in the Global Education Policyscape 455 Carolina Junemann, Stephen J. Ball, and Diego Santori  21 Autoethnography Comes of Age: Consequences, Comforts, and Concerns 479 Andrew C. Sparkes  22 Positionality and Standpoint: Situated Ethnographers Acting in On-and Offline Contexts 501 Sofia Marques da SilvaandJoan Parker Webster  Part Four 513  23 Ethnography of Education: Thinking Forward, Looking Back 515 Dennis Beach, Carl Bagley, and Sofia Marques da Silva  Notes 533  Index 549